The activity officially took place at UR- Nyarugenge Campus and other campuses and at IPRCs countywide.
The Minister of ICTs and Innovation, Paula Ingabire launched the activity that will see 14,000 Positivo i5 brand laptops given to Rwandan students from first to fourth years pursuing bachelors and diploma programmes sponsored by the Government of Rwanda.
The activity at UR- Huye Campus was officiated by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Claudette Irere while Dr. Eugene Mutimura, Minister of Education presided over the same at IPRC Kigali giving laptops to students.
The Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire said that ‘the program to give laptops to students on loan was initiated in 2017 but it later stopped after the beneficiaries complained that they had no capacity to help them in studies which impelled the Ministry to urge the manufacturers to change them and make more effective ones.”
“I assure you the laptops we have given you are effective and have the capacity you expect them to have,” Minister Igabire told students.
Ingabire added that in case any laptop gets faulty, they’ll be repaired at IPRCs.
Iris Kanobana, one of the students who received laptops said: “Most of the times, we are sent notes on emails which require us to print them as we had no computers and it was costly. Now it will become easier and my laptop will help me keep my documents safely.”
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