 The Embassy of Taiwan this week presented equipment to the Plainview Combined School to facilitate the opening of a smart classroom. The initiative forms part of the ICT in Education program supported by the Government of Taiwan. More in this report. Permanent Secretary in the Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations Michelle Charles noted that the Department of Education remains committed to providing students with real-world skills enabling them to become self-sufficient. The opening of the classroom, she explained, sets the foundation for the development of technological competencies required to succeed in the global environment. To the students of the Plainview Combined School, today's gift is an investment in them. You are the future and we wish to ensure that you possess the requisite skills necessary to navigate this very dynamic digital space. We believe in the ability of your teachers to integrate the use of technology into your everyday instruction and we trust that you will be receptive and excited to learn through varying approaches. The equipment provided includes Chromebook laptops, projectors and an educational interactive television. This will aid in ensuring that students have access to IT equipment and are ready for the online learning environment. Taiwanese Ambassador, His Excellency, Peter Chen. The reopening of school does not underscore the imperatives of incorporating IT into the education system for the future. At the time that we hear about coding, robotics, drums, e-business, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, big data, open courses on a daily basis. Today's event makes sure that we are smart and strategic in providing the resources that are necessary in teaching and learning in the future. Principal of the Plainview Combined School, Ella Thomas-John, says the classroom and the equipment received will be put to good use. Presently, distributed learning is the desired approach for teaching. Therefore, our attention should focus on how well we can use the ICTs and how best to develop, utilize and leverage students' brain power. Through its use, we promise that as the phenomenal school that we have proven and continue to be and as our motto enunciates, we will crave for knowledge, pray for wisdom and determine to sail through our future conquests in this smart classroom. We also thank you for the additional component of teacher training. Acknowledging that planning to teach virtually is different from planning to teach in a physical classroom. Teacher training is paramount. The Plainview Combined School is the only 7 primary school included in the smart classroom program. For the Government Information Service, I am Jesse Leons.