Bay Primary’s online learning enhanced

The young students of the Bay Primary School are now better equipped for
their online classes.

Leading telecoms provider Flow has donated forty Samsung A7 tablets as part of the company’s ongoing support for online learning.

“Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year we have focused our efforts on keeping our young people connected to their virtual classrooms by providing the critical pathways and devices needed for them to access their online classes,” said Jenson Sylvester, Country Manager, Flow Barbados.

“Flow remains committed to empowering our youth through education by providing access and connectivity, and we will continue to offer our support to Ministry of Education, teachers, parents and students, especially those students who are most in need.”

Heather Parris, principal of Bay Primary School, thanked Flow for the timely donation.
“When we moved to virtual teaching last year it was a difficult transition for some of our students and their families, especially families with more than one student in a household, so this is very timely and I know those parents and students will be very grateful to receive and make good use of these devices,” she said.

Flow’s most recent donation follows similar initiatives that saw the company providing fifty Mi-Fi devices and fifty free data plans, valued $25,000, to the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training.

Previously, the company provided tablets for students and also increased home internet speeds and bandwidth for teachers, in addition to providing a digital relief plan for unconnected tertiary-level students.

Last year the company also opened its Flow Study program to all students free of charge, along with the zero-rating of several websites for use by students of the University of the West Indies and the Barbados Community College. (PR)