‘Science for Life’ will be the focus of National Science and Technology Month, which will be observed in November. Acting Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Hawthorne Watson, says a number of activities targeted all sectors of the country, will be undertaken this year. Mr. Watson was addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s headquarters, in Kingston,...

Prime Minster, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, will present a National Medal to an individual who has contributed to the development of Science and Technology in Jamaica, at Gala dinner on November 12. The recipient will be chosen from three nominees, and forms part of activities to celebrate National Science and Technology Month in November, under the theme: ‘Science for...

The Quarries Control (Amendment) Act, which seeks to improve the management of quarries in Jamaica and increase fines for illicit quarrying, was passed on Tuesday, October 28, in the House of Representatives. In piloting the legislation, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, noted that the increase in illicit quarrying has highlighted the need for more effective...

The Portmore-based Cedar Grove Academy intends to establish a virtual school, by utilizing the 435 tablet computers allocated to students under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme. The project, which is expected to be fully operational by next year’s Easter term, will see students being able to access educational resources outside of regular school hours. Making the announcement...

The Government’s Tablets in Schools programme is crucial in empowering the country’s young people to be global innovators, says Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson. Mr. Robinson made the comment at the Clan Carthy Primary School in St. Andrew on October 27 before the start of a distribution exercise in which 960...

More than 4,000 tablet computers have been distributed to 13 of the 38 schools earmarked to benefit under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project, which began in September. Distribution of the tablets, which is being done by e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, an agency of the Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Ministry, is currently in progress at another...

Principal of Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James, Dr. Asburn Pinnock, has made a commitment to utilize the technology now being made available to the institution, to enable it to become a SMART college. With the presentation of 300 tablet computers to the college recently, Dr. Pinnock said that “as technology integration continues to increase in our society,...