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Hon. Fayval Williams, MP, Minister of Education, Youth and Information

Minister Emphasises Importance Of Access To Internet By Every Citizen

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought into sharp focus the need to make access to the Internet a right to every citizen. “This right is fundamentally inseparable from the right to...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, closes the debate on the Data Protection Act in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 19).

House Passes Data Protection Bill

Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Information Technology Manager, Andrew Evelyn.

Parents Urged To Educate Children About Dangers Of Digital Media

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, opens the debate on the Data Protection Act, 2020, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (May 13).

House Begins Debate On Data Protection Bill

Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne (left), opens a box containing a computer monitor, at the handover ceremony for information and communications technology (ICT) equipment, valued at $1.5 million and donated by the Universal Service Fund (USF), to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), at the NIS offices, on Ripon Road, in Kingston, on May 12. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Chief Executive Officer of the USF, Daniel Dawes, and Executive Director of the JCPD, Dr. Christine Hendricks.

USF Donates ICT Equipment To JCPD

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

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Postal Service To Help Deliver Tablets For Teachers

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of e-Learning Jamaica Limited, Keith Smith, says that the company has reached an agreement with the postal service (Jamaica Post) for the distribution of some 25,000 tablet computers to the nation’s teachers. “In partnership with the postal service (Jamaica Post), we will do central distribution to the principals of the schools, who will then distribute to...

Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels (left), speaks with (from left) Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings; Executive Director of the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), Dr. Christine Hendricks; and University of Technology (UTech) student, Leron Williams. Occasion was a ceremony for the handing over of 10 tablets and data plans by the Digicel Foundation to assist students with special needs, at the JCDP offices on Ripon Road, St. Andrew, on Thursday (May 7).

6 years ago Social SecurityTechnology

Digicel Foundation Donates Tablets For Special Needs Students

Special needs students are to benefit from a donation of 10 tablets from the Digicel Foundation, which will better enable them to continue their studies online while schools are closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The devices and data plans to enable Internet access were handed over to the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD) on Thursday (May...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left); and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre), display a symbolic cheque for $700 million presented to e-Learning Jamaica by the Universal Service Fund (USF) for the procurement of tablet computers, under the Tablets for Teachers Programme, during a ceremony at the PCJ Auditorium, in New Kingston, on May 7. Also at the presentation are Chief Executive Officer, e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith (second right) and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service Fund (USF), Daniel Dawes.

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Tablets For Public School Teachers

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...

Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, gives a statement to the House of Representatives on May 5.

6 years ago EducationTechnology

Data Grants For Students On PATH

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...

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Rosalee Gage-Grey.

6 years ago TechnologyYouth

Child Protection And Family Services Agency Gets Technology Boost

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...

Minister with oversight for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister on May 4.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducationTechnology

238 Schools In Remote Areas To Be Provided With Internet Access

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...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe.

6 years ago CoronavirusEducationTechnology

Education Ministry Continues Collaboration With Telecoms Providers To Facilitate Distance Learning

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...