More than $90 million has been allocated for energy conservation in schools, and the development of special education centres in the 2017-18 budget. This is outlined in the Estimates of Expenditure which was tabled in the House of Representatives on February 9. During the next financial year, energy audits and structural assessment of 30 secondary schools will be completed, as...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) will be managing the use of WI-FI hotspots being set up across the island in order to prevent loitering at these sites. Already, free broadband Internet access is available at the historic Devon House and Mandela Park, St. Andrew, with other sites to come on stream shortly. Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Suzette Buchanan,...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is inviting schools to send representatives to workshops where the Council will seek to provide guidance to schools and teachers participating in their upcoming Science and Technology Fair later this year. These workshops, which will be held in January and February, will guide teachers through the scientific method, science fair-project process as well as provide...

PRESS RELEASE - Mandela Park is now officially the second public Wi-Fi facility, in Jamaica, following yesterday’s (Thursday, January 12) launch staged by the Universal Service Fund in conjunction with the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology the Fund’s USF ConnectJA project. Making the point that “2017 will be bigger and better when it comes to technological development,” Dr. the...

The Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) will be introducing licences for electricity power wheeling shortly. Wheeling will allow Jamaicans who generate excess electricity in one location to be able to use the credit obtained from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) at another site. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, said it will be useful to persons with...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, presented laptops to the two top-performing students in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Information Technology examination for 2016. The students, Desmond Edwards and Kharissa King, are currently in lower sixth-form at Campion College. Desmond Edwards received top marks for the entire region in Information Technology, while Kharissa received...

The Government is undertaking a three-year project that is expected to cut energy costs in the public sector by putting renewable systems in place and increasing conservation methods. The Deployment of Renewable Energy and Improvement of Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector Project is being undertaken through US$12,003,741 in funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund. The United...