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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 15).
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December 15).

Major Technology Initiatives To Increase Access To Internet By Students In Rural Areas

The Government, through its agencies, will be implementing three major technology initiatives aimed at increasing access to the Internet and electronic educational content for students living in rural and inner-city communities. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December...
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), points to the free public Wi-Fi sign which was unveiled for the service that has been established in Port Antonio. The internet hotspot was launched on December 11. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Port Antonio Mayor, Councillor Paul Thompson; Eastern Portland Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes.
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), points to the free public Wi-Fi sign which was unveiled for the service that has been established in Port Antonio. The internet hotspot was launched on December 11. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Port Antonio Mayor, Councillor Paul Thompson; Eastern Portland Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes.

Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Established In Port Antonio
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz. (File Photo
Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz. (File Photo

Universal Service Fund Lauded For Expanding Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Programme
State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Member of Parliament, North Central Clarendon, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (right); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes, use their phones to access the free Internet at the public Wi-Fi hotspot that was launched in Chapelton, Clarendon, on Thursday, December 10.
State Minister, Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and Member of Parliament, North Central Clarendon, Hon. Robert Nesta Morgan (right); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (centre), and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes, use their phones to access the free Internet at the public Wi-Fi hotspot that was launched in Chapelton, Clarendon, on Thursday, December 10.

PHOTOS: Chapelton Free Public Wi-Fi Launch
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the new iPad tablets customers will use in the banking hall of the renovated Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston, which the Prime Minister reopened, on Thursday (December 10). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson; Chairman, Scotia Group Jamaica, Jeffrey Hall; President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotia Group Jamaica, David Noel and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), examines the new iPad tablets customers will use in the banking hall of the renovated Scotiabank Centre in downtown Kingston, which the Prime Minister reopened, on Thursday (December 10). With the Prime Minister (from left) are Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Julian Robinson; Chairman, Scotia Group Jamaica, Jeffrey Hall; President and Chief Executive Officer, Scotia Group Jamaica, David Noel and Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Scotiabank, Audrey Tugwell Henry.

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Minister Vaz to address Parliament on National Broadband Initiative

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz will use the occasion of the last sitting of Parliament for the calendar year to address the Government’s strategy to achieve universal access to broadband. The Minister is expected to outline the current gap in broadband access and the short and long term strategies to close the gap. An update will...
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Infant And Primary Schools To Benefit From Improved Internet Access

A number of infant and primary schools across the island are to benefit from improved Internet connectivity with the provision of Content Access Point Solutions (CAPS). Under a US$433,519 contract, which has been approved by Cabinet, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, through Royale Computers and Accessories Ltd., is to provide 866 of these solutions for infant and primary schools islandwide. This...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right, background), looks on as students of Mona Heights Primary show off the tablets they received during a ceremony held at the institution in St. Andrew on Tuesday (December 8). A total of nine devices were handed over under the Ministry’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative. Also sharing the moment (in background, from left) are Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Deputy Executive Director and Senior Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Andrew Spencer; and Acting Principal, Mona Heights Primary, Alex Hepburn.
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100 Schools Get Internet Connectivity

A total of 100 schools have been equipped with Internet service to support online learning. Education, Youth and Information Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the disclosure at a tablet handover ceremony held on Tuesday (December 8) at the Mona Heights Primary School in St. Andrew. “The Ministry has taken action to ensure that more of our schools have Internet connectivity....
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Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information
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Government Leading Technology Acquisition Drive In Schools

Regional Director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information's region four, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, has lauded the Government for leading the technology acquisition drive in educational institutions through the Tablets in Schools programme. She noted that more students, particularly those benefiting under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) are gaining access to devices to not only...
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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Daryl Vaz (sixth left), gives the thumbs up at the launch of free public Wi-Fi in the town of Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on Friday (December 4). He is joined by (from left): Director, Enterprise, Government and IT Solutions at Cable and Wireless Business, Carol Robertson; Councillor for the Ocho Rios Division, Michael Belnavis; Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann, Hon. Marsha Smith; Charmaine Dean, Representative of Custos Rotulorum of St. Ann, Norma Walters; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes.
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Residents and Visitors to Ocho Rios Have Access to Free Wi-fi

Residents and visitors to Ocho Rios, in St. Ann, now have access to free, secured internet. The free public Wi-Fi was commissioned into service in the Ocho Rios Town Centre, on Friday (December 4), by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, through the Universal Service Fund (USF). The hotspot can accommodate up to 200 persons who are browsing simultaneously....
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Executive Director of the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters.
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46 Wards Of The State Receive Tablets To Support Learning

Forty-six wards of the State were recently presented with tablets to assist with their schooling through a partnership between the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) and the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The tablets were presented to children in State care who were successful in four or more Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) subjects...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), accepts a tablet from United Nations Children
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UNICEF Donates 534 Tablets For Special Needs Students

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has received 534 tablets for students with special needs from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), under the 'One Laptop or Tablet Per Child' initiative. The tablets, valued at US$100,000, are aimed at providing the beneficiaries with greater access to online learning. The first batch of more than 200 devices has already been...
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