Own Your Own Device programme to be rolled out next week

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Own Your Own Device programme to be rolled out next week

Minister of Education, Fayval Williams, says the rollout of the Government’s Own Your Own Device programme will commence next week. The programme will benefit more than 36,000 needy students in high school, with parents or guardians...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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