Within the next two months, 25,000 public school teachers will benefit from the roll-out of the Tablets for Teachers Programme. The tablet computers will be for personal use as well as to assist the educators in delivering content and lessons in a virtual environment, especially since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed the teaching/learning atmosphere in Jamaica and worldwide. A sum...

Students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) will be provided with data grants, which will enable them to fully participate in the online learning experience. A total of 1,435 students have already been selected to receive data paid for by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. Also, some 303 additional students are being provided with...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has received a donation of tablets and laptop computers valued at approximately $14 million from the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), through its Public Sector Transformation Programme. The 56 laptops and 35 tablets are expected to enhance the information and communication technology (ICT) capacity of the CPFSA as it serves clients and carries...

The Government has entered into an arrangement with ReadyTV to provide a solution for 238 schools in remote areas that are currently without Internet access. Making the disclosure during a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on May 4, Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said 100 communities served by these...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information continues to collaborate with Digicel Jamaica and Flow Jamaica to provide data plans for students and teachers in order to facilitate distance learning. Chief Education Officer, Dr. Kasan Troupe, said that the Education Data Plan arrangement is part of the Ministry’s effort to ensure that teaching and learning continue during the closure of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the Government will be taking steps to expand broadband Internet access to Jamaicans. “We have to put in place the required infrastructure to ultimately facilitate the provision of Internet access as a public good,” he said. Speaking in the House of Representatives on April 28, Prime Minister Holness said talks are ongoing...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) will facilitate the establishment of 20 new Community Access Points (CAPs) and provide access to schools, libraries and post offices, along with faith-based organisations and the disabled community. This is outlined in the 2020/21 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service,...