Tabs to be given for A/L students and teachers this year: Minister

Noname Tuesday, 29 January 2019 09:09 AM

Is this necessary or sustainable? What a colossal waste of money.

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Chari Tuesday, 29 January 2019 01:03 PM

Give them Foot wear instead and a Glass of Milk daily. Most still have only a pair of Slippers and little Nutrition. This is Sri Lanka.

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nsathees Tuesday, 29 January 2019 05:15 PM

Tab is good if the teachers could make use of it and make students use it. What I see is many computer labs in the schools are locked up and not used at all.

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RuwanL Tuesday, 29 January 2019 08:13 PM

Before giving tabs to students please make the internet facility affordable to everyone including students. If a student is unable to pay for an internet connection the tab will be of no use! Currently we pay 48% tax on communication! this one of the most foolish things this government has done! Internet should be available to everyone at a very low cost. Then people will use this facility for business as well as education. The government should encourage and facilitate the use of technology for people to do business

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Sujee Tuesday, 29 January 2019 08:17 PM

Technology is good. However, it should be implemented in a sustainable manner. As an examples, as a pilot, each school should be allocated with a Tabs Bank or a Tab Library where students or classrooms could borrow tabs for a set period i.e. two hours a day per week etc. and later extend to borrow them to take home. Each school should be allocated tabs as a percentage of number of students in the school.

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