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Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a recent JIS virtual ‘Think Tank’.

Greater Partnerships Needed For ST&I Push – Minister Williams

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says greater partnerships are needed between government and the private sector in research and development as the nation actualises the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy. “Funding support from the Government,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaks with students and teachers at Balcombe Drive Primary School in Kingston, on Thursday (July 9), after handing over tablets to teachers at the institution.

Computers Presented To Balcombe Drive Primary

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (right); and High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (centre), show off T-shirts presented to them by Business Consultant and Co-Founder, SheLeadsIt, Bridget Lewis, during a Collision Conference debriefing session at the Canadian High Commission in St. Andrew on July 8.

More E-Participation Apps To Be Rolled Out

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second right), examines one of the tablet computers distributed to educators at the Hope Valley Experimental School, located at 2-4 University Road, Kingston 7, on July 7. With the Minister (from left) are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited, Keith Smith; Principal, Hope Valley Experimental School, Anthony Grant; and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund, Daniel Dawes. The initiative falls under the Government’s Tablets for Teachers Programme.

65,000 Tablet Computers For Teachers And Students This Fiscal Year

Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith.

Tablets Of Teachers Programme Rolls Out Tuesday

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, speaks at a recent virtual Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

6 years ago JIS Think TankScienceTechnology

ST&I Policy To Address Internet Access – Technology Minister

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) policy will address issues within the technology sector, such as Internet access. “There’s one modality which I think underpins much of the success we’ve experienced in various innovations, and that is access to the Internet, which the ST&I policy is poised to address,” Mrs....

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), engages with Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) interns Danielle Harris (centre) and Rujuan Dawes, who are among 40 youngsters assigned to the Ministry to assist with the digitisation programme. Occasion was a welcome ceremony for the HOPE interns at the Ministry

6 years ago HOPE ProgrammeTechnology

40 HOPE Interns To Assist Technology Ministry’s Digitisation Programme

The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology’s digitisation programme has been strengthened with the addition of 40 young people, who will assist in the digital transformation exercise. Recruited through the Government’s Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme, the youngsters will be engaged for 12 months, where they will carry out work in the areas of records management; customer service;...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

6 years ago CoronavirusScienceTechnology

ST&I Policy Will Be Critical To COVID-19 Recovery – Minister Williams

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Policy will play a critical role as the country recovers from the coronavirus (COVID -19). “This policy seeks to foster a culture of innovation among our people, which is necessary to take us into the future,” she noted. Minister Williams was speaking during the final...

6 years ago Technology

Gov’t Implementing National Public Key Infrastructure Project

The Government has commenced implementation of the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) project, which will enable individuals and entities to utilize e-signatures to transact business digitally with all State agencies in a safe environment. The NPKI system incorporates policies, institutions and technologies designed to manage the distribution, authentication and revocation of digital certificates - the electronic equivalent of a handwritten...

6 years ago Technology

RGD To Introduce Online Birth Certificate Application Services

Jamaicans locally and overseas will soon be able to apply online to the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) for birth certificates. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology. Hon. Fayval Williams, on Friday (June 26), announced that the RGD will be shortly be providing digital birth certificate services. These, she said will be facilitated under the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) project,...

6 years ago ScienceTechnology

Consultation On ST&I Green Paper Begins

The first of a two-day virtual public consultation on the National Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Green Paper was held on Thursday (June 25). The consultation, hosted by the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), sought to engage citizens on questions surrounding national development within the field of science, technology and innovation. This seeks to advance Jamaica’s economic, social...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (standing, right); and Deputy Chairman of EduTech Aid Caribbean and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Project Manager at GeoTechVision, Stephen Wedderburn (standing, left), observe as two NSWMA sanitation workers and their children check out the features of their new Geo-X tablets. Seated (from left) are Sophia Clarke and her son, Tyrese Wright, who is a student of Camperdown High School; and Ascott High student, Rehanna Chung and her father, Michael Chung. EduTech and GeoTechVision have donated 20 tablets to help children of NSWMA staff access education material online. The devices were handed over at the NSWMA’s Head Office in St. Andrew on June 24.

6 years ago Local GovernmentTechnology

Technology Entities Donate Tablets For Children Of Sanitation Workers

Twenty new Geo-X tablet computers have been handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) for the children of sanitation workers, to aid in their access to online learning while schools remain closed. The devices, donated by GeoTechVision Enterprises Limited in collaboration with EduTech Aid Caribbean, were handed over at the NSWMA’s Head Office on Half-Way Tree Road...