The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will reopen applications for the Own Your Own Device (OYOD) Programme on January 18. Under the Programme, the Government is assisting with the purchase of tablet or laptop computers for students who are in need but are not on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Parents or guardians will receive...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling for more support for the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. The programme, which was launched in October 2020, aims to lobby and galvanise the support of the private sector, the donor community, the diaspora and the general public to provide devices for 100,000 vulnerable students. So...

Approximately 6,793 devices plus cash contributions of approximately $97 million have been donated under the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. Director of Donor and Partnership Management at the National Education Trust (NET), Latoya Harris, made the disclosure during a recent interview with JIS News. She noted that the cash contributions include $76 million and US$148,000. The ‘One Laptop...

Children in State care are being supported with virtual learning by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, through the provision of 200 tablets valued at US$38,800, under its ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. The devices were handed over to the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) on Tuesday (January 12) at the agency’s offices in Kingston....

The Hinds Town Youth Empowerment Foundation in St. Ann has donated 30 tablets to needy students living in the community to assist with online learning. The tablets, valued at US$5,000 were handed over to the students at a recent ceremony held at the Hinds Town Anglican Church. The beneficiaries attend Ocho Rios High, Marcus Garvey High, Epworth Primary, Ocho Rios...

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, is lauding the administration of Crescent Primary School in St. Catherine for establishing an isolation unit. The State Minister, who visited the facility recently, told JIS News that for schools that do not have such buildings to separate children in an emergency that could arise with the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government of Jamaica is moving with alacrity to ensure Jamaican students can participate in the digital age with devices that will give them access to online classes. Through his Positive Jamaica Foundation, Prime Minister Holness last week (Wednesday, January 6, 2021), distributed 600 devices, including tablets and laptops, to PEP and CSEC students registered...