MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Principal of Munro College Mark Smith has announced that plans are being undertaken to advance e-learning at the St Elizabeth institution, even after the current COVID-19 pandemic.

“I reiterate my thanks to the Munro College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) and the individual year groups, as well as the trust chairman… This idea came about from before COVID-19 [reached Jamaica].

Speaking during a presentation of tablets and laptops on Tuesday at the education ministry's regional office in Mandeville, Smith detailed that in September, for the new school year, all students will be required to have a digital device for learning.

The school will work closely with our old boys' association to purchase ahead, and the parents will pay back the money for those tablets and those tablets would become that of the child,” Smith said.

Regional director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Region Five — Manchester and St Elizabeth — Dr Nadine Leachman commended the association and the school's principal for the ongoing initiative.