Eigh­teen thou­sand lap­tops will be pro­cured for stu­dents en­ter­ing Form One when the new school term be­gins in Sep­tem­ber.

At the post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing yes­ter­day, Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion Dr Michael Dowlath said the lap­tops will be pur­chased by the State en­ter­prise iGovTT.

Not­ing that this ini­tia­tive has been a pas­sion project of Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, Dowlath said, “These lap­tops will not be giv­en out emp­ty. They will be equipped with AI tu­tors, ed­u­ca­tion­al videos, and pro­grams that are age-ap­pro­pri­ate and will al­low our young peo­ple to live and learn in a dig­i­tal world.”