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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 30 about updating the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. At left is Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison.

Committee Established to Upgrade STI Policy

A Committee has been established to update the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STI). This was announced by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 30. The Minister also pointed...

Director General of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison (right), in discussion with Acting Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Hawthorne Watson (left) and Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, prior to a JIS ‘Think Tank’, where details of activities for Science and Technology Month (November) were outlined. The ‘Think Tank’ was held on October 30.

Focus on Science in November

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, giving details of the Prime Minister’s Medal for Science and Technology to be presented on November 12, as part of Science and Technology Month, which is observed in November. He was addressing a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 30.

PM to Present National Medal for Science and Technology

These two students are fully engrossed in their new tablet computers, which they received during a distribution exercise on October 24, at the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.

Tablets Will Empower Students To Be Innovators – State Minister Robinson

State Minister for Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan ( 2nd right), makes a symbolic presentation of a tablet computer to Grade 10 student of Cumberland High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, Tara Van Riel (2nd left), during Thursday’s (October 23) Tablets in Schools Pilot Project handing over ceremony at the institution. Looking on are Tara’s mother, Karen Taylor (left), and Cumberland High School’s Acting Principal, Michael Brydson. Just under 900 tablets have been provided to the school, situated in South East St. Catherine.

More Than 4,000 Tablet Computers Distributed to Students

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House Passes Amendments to Quarries Control Act

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...

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Cedar Grove Academy to Create Virtual School

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...

Minister of Education, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (right), is greeted by
Principal of the Sam Sharpe Teachers

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Technology to Advance Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College – Principal

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,...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Phillip Paulwell. (FILE)

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Information Security Management Seminar to Help Firms Meet International Standards

Jamaica will host a four-day seminar on Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) from November 10 to 14 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The seminar will target managers of: information security; information technology and corporate security; corporate governance; risk and compliance, as well as information security consultants. The forum is being organised by EduCentres Limited, which specialises in computer...

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Technology Ministry Welcomes Investment in BPO Sector

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson, has welcomed an initial investment of approximately $14 million in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector. He says this will spur expansion in an area that is already experiencing tremendous growth. The State Minister was speaking on October 15, at the signing of a partnership...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, presents a tablet to Sam Sharpe Teachers

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Tablet Computers Handed Out At Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College

Tablet computers were presented to 300 members of the faculty and student teachers at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College in Granville, St. James, on October 15, under the Tablets in Schools project. This project is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining and E-Learning Jamaica, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Universal Service Fund...

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), presents an elated Dujun Brown (second right) with his own personal tablet computer, during a presentation ceremony at the Rennock Lodge All Age School in Kingston, on October 14. Looking on (from second left) are: Chairman of the school Board, and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown-Burke; and Dujun’s father, Noel Brown. Dujun is among the 130 students enrolled at the school to receive devices under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme.

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Parents Optimistic About Tablets In Schools Programme

Noel Brown is optimistic that his son’s educational prospects will greatly improve having now received his own personal tablet computer under the Government’s $1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot programme. Dujun Brown is among the 130 students enrolled at Rennock Lodge All-Age School in Kingston, who received devices on October 14, during a distribution exercise at the school. Speaking with...