Laventille school gets first laptops from PM Kamla

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Bissessar is expected to head to the Success/Laventille Composite School Wednesday to present form one students there with laptop computers promised by her government.

Persad-Bissessar returned home Wednesday from a hectic trip to New York, which included an address to the UN General Assembly.

She spoke of the laptops during the address, noting that it is part of her People's Partnership focus on education and technology. 

The promise of a free laptop for every child entering high school for the first time was a key plank in the general election campaign in May. 

The government invested $83 million in the computers, which are equipped with all the necessary software, including tracking programs to locate the computer if it is lost or stolen.