More than 2,000 young persons are to benefit from training opportunities under the Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries Project in the upcoming fiscal year. The Government has set aside $908.2 million in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to undertake several training exercises, among other activities. It is intended that 1,850 youth will benefit from instruction in the digitisation...

A sum of $2.99 billion will be spent by the Government in the new fiscal year to enhance the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) use of technology and to purchase telecommunications equipment. This is outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently. Of the sum, $1.49 billion will be used for the supply and installation...

The Government has allocated $35.872 million to a project to increase Jamaica Post’s ability to control and improve mail processing and handling. This is outlined in the 2019/2020 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), through funding by the Universal Postal Union. Anticipated targets...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has purchased new devices for the Youth Advisory Committee of the Jamaica National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in an effort to decrease the number of at-risk youth in Jamaica. The devices, which consist of six laptops, six tablets, one projector and one printer, were handed over to the Minister of...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says advancement in information and communications technology (ICT) has been levelling the playfield, where the most vulnerable in society are now able to realise their true potential. Addressing the Accessible Americas V Conference at the Hyatt Ziva Hotel, St. James, on November 30, Dr. Chang said the technological advancement has also been...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced plans by the Ministry to boost Internet access in primary schools and early-childhood institutions. This, he notes, will serve to enhance the scope of education through greater integration of technological strategies in the classrooms. “All high schools already have computer labs and access to Internet, generally… but...

Director General at the National Commission on Science and Technology (NCST), Professor Errol Morrison, is encouraging Jamaicans to come forward with their innovative ideas. “Many persons have ideas but are shy to bring them forward, and we want to open up the doors to those who are nurturing new ideas. Come and talk to us at the Commission; we might...