The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated three desktop computers to the Golden Age Home, located in Vineyard Town, Kingston. Chairman of the USF, Robert Lawrence, told JIS News that the Fund endeavours to seize opportunities such as this one, to provide assistance to facilities which cater to the total wellbeing and development of our people, especially the children and...

The Scientific Research Council (SRC) has, so far, officially opened science laboratories in four of eight participating primary and secondary schools in its Improving Innovation Capacities in the Caribbean (INVOCAB) project. The INVOCAB, being done in conjunction with the Trinidadian agency National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), is a science-based project geared at helping students to...

Some 163 clean energy entrepreneurs have been trained at three boot camps hosted by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC). The programme, which offers mentorship and guidance to entrepreneurs in the field of clean energy, is now inviting more companies to be a part of their upcoming boot camp in Antigua and Barbuda from September 27 to 29. The deadline...

The application deadline for the National Innovation Awards has been extended to September 30, 2016. The biennial awards ceremony, which is scheduled for November 16, 2016, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, will recognise excellence in technology and innovation, and creativity in various areas of science. Director General at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, is...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (September 9), handed over the first nine of 40 laptop computers to high-school and university students, which were donated through a partnership with Lenovo and AMD Inc. Mr. Holness, in a meeting at Vale Royal with representatives from the companies and local partners RMP & Associates, said the contribution fits well into...

Students at the Lister Mair/Gilby High School for the Deaf are set to benefit from upgraded multimedia software, designed to enhance the learning process for deaf and hard of hearing students. The software ‘U-Touch II’ was developed by the University of Technology (UTech) and was launched during a ceremony held at the institution located in Papine, St. Andrew on September...

Animation and Game Design will be a new addition to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) offerings this academic year. The subject will comprise two units – ‘The Fundamentals of Animation and Game Design’, and ‘Interactive Design and Game Development’. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, told JIS News that he is very excited, as...