Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling on Jamaicans to support the Government’s efforts to put electronic devices in the hands of students through the ‘One Laptop or Tablet per Child’ initiative. She argued that providing children with access to technology is critical in ensuring that Jamaica achieves the goals of the national development plan, Vision...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information and e-Learning Jamaica have presented tablets to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) students at three inner-city schools located in the constituency of St. Andrew South. These will augment the 18,000 tablets and 12,000 desktop computers already distributed to schools. The schools are Jones Town Primary, Iris Gelly Primary and...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes, says the entity will shortly be embarking on a programme to assist students experiencing challenges accessing the internet to participate in online classes. “Based on the COVID-19 [pandemic] experience, students are not able to go to school. So we want to go inside the communities to see how...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has donated information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, valued approximately $2.8 million, to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). The devices, which were presented on Friday (October 16), include six tablet computers, four multifunctional printers, and a WiFi router. These will serve to modernize the WRHA’s patient management system, thereby improving client service delivery. Speaking...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information on Sunday (October 4), distributed 144 tablets to two primary schools in St. Ann to support virtual learning for students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). Brown’s Town Primary received 126 tablets while 18 devices were delivered to Alva Primary under the Tablets in Schools Programme. They will benefit...

The High Commission of Canada has presented tablet computers to local non-profit organisation City Life Ministries to provide information and communications technology (ICT) academic support to its ‘City Kids’ programme. The tablets were handed over at an official ceremony held on Thursday (October 1) in Parade Gardens, Kingston. The City Kids programme aims to provide ICT and other academic support...

The Universal Service Fund is encouraging citizens to adhere to the Government coronavirus (COVID-19) infection-prevention safeguards and protocols when using the entity’s public Internet facilities. “We provide… services for persons to edify themselves and connect to the resources of the Internet. However, we want them to use these public Internet facilities in accordance with the regulations set out by the...