LUCEA, Hanover — Immediate past president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Dr Garth Anderson says an appeals process has been established to address issues that may arise during the distribution of over 25,000 tablet computers to public school teachers across the island.

Dr Anderson noted that all teachers who were on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information payroll — whether permanent, temporary or acting — when the JTA signed the heads of agreement with the Government in May 2018 are entitled to a device.

The JTA, he added, is aware that since the process began in 2018, teachers have moved from one school to another, which may impact handout of the devices.

The Tablets for Teachers Programme forms part of an agreement between the Government and the JTA to provide each teacher in public schools with the device as part of the compensation package.

The tablet computers will be for the personal use of educators as well as to assist with the delivering of the Ministry of Education's schools' curriculum.