'In my household I have two children & I need 2 laptops'- Hon Fraser
Hon Fraser was at the time speaking during a Tuesday, May 26, 2020, online meeting, along with Opposition Leader, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) and Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2).
Hon Fraser requested two laptops
"In my household, I have two children and I need two laptops, so I asked the Minister about it [and] he told me that they are getting involved in a programme where they would loan laptops to the kids but I haven't seen [and] heard anything about it since," he said.
As the Virgin Islands adapts to digital schooling, hastened by the COVID-19 pandemic, some 500 laptops will be purchased by the Government of the Virgin Islands to assist students and teachers. Additionally, a further 132 laptops will be made available through private donations.
According to Hon Fraser; however, he is yet to receive the laptops he requested, "Now you telling me about 500 laptops that they are getting... you know we need to know more about the 500 laptops, why 500 why not 1000," he said.
Laptops to be loaned
According to Minister for Education Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), monies will be taken from the Consolidated Fund to purchase the laptops for students and teachers in the public education system and that an additional 132 will be donated by Unite BVI and Bitter End Yacht Club.
This initiative was announced as part of Phase 1 of the Economic Stimulus Plan in response to COVID-19.
Dr Wheatley noted; however, that the devices will not be given to persons for keeps, but rather be loaned.
“We will be implementing a loan programme and these devices will remain the property of the Government of the Virgin Islands so that more persons coming into the education system will have access to these devices as persons graduate and go along their educational journey,” he said.
The Programme was created so that persons who cannot afford and are not equipped for digital learning to be able to access the tools they need to transition to digital learning via virtual means, which is now the order of the day due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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38 Responses to “'In my household I have two children & I need 2 laptops'- Hon Fraser”
Without the laptops how are his kids going to access the p********** sites ?
Fraser just purchase the 2 laptops for your children and leave the government alone. Government is try to help persons that is in need. U still receiving our tax money. smfh
In defense of Mr. Fraser's statement, you need to stop and think that maybe the children belong to the son?
Or maybe they are a relative's or friend's children who are staying with him and his wife or maybe he is supporting a family of relatives with young children? This COVID-19 situation has not been easy on families.
Yes Mr. Fraser have means but remember by loaning these devices, the children may take better care of them. Children tend to be careless when a device is their own. Maybe Mr. Fraser used this route so the children would not feel entitled to a device until they could take good care of it or use it for which it is intended. Too many children are using these devices for other things including for mischief instead of using them for learning.
U have ONE f***** son that ain been here in years..... use the district allocated funds and buy those two O****** kids laptops from running your mouth
the Premier made it VERY clear when announcing this brilliant piece of government assistance thatbit was for those who are in desparate need of these items because they cannot afford to purchase then.." for the needy not the greedy". I wonder if ( hon ? ) fraser also took full advantage of the government food distribution to those who were in desparate need of food during lockdown.....how many people in your household sur applied for that while others went without....
is this the type of thing you are paid to debate at the hon. house........???
I think it would be a great idea for Fraser to assist the FSN for a couple of weeks where surely it would bring his crying self up to speed.
Everyone no matter what nationality has been effected, please let’s love and help each other where we can.
I’m sorry this made headlines as it’s irrelevant when there are much more important things going on right now. Let’s talk about the crime..
The phrase that is fenced with the single quotation marks , those were the actual words said to him by a parent ..most likely he retold the story ..just as it was said.