“We received feedback that many teachers and school staff find it hard to use these devices and there are many hurdles to even properly update or download the programmes needed to run them. Thus, the devices have been left aside and not fully utilised,” said Yii in a statement.

He said teachers had also not been given proper training on how to operate the device and that it used a different operating system which students and teachers were not used to.

Yii urged the Sarawak government and the state minister for education, innovation and talent development to give a “transparent report” on the purchase of the computers.

He called on the state government to provide details of the procurement of the devices, including the cost, number of units purchased, and the company that secured the contract for the supply of the device.