While other countries are still on course with inspiring greater female participation in science and technology, Jamaica is moving towards persuading boys. Taking the lead in this mammoth task is the Scientific Research Council (SRC) in Kingston. Under the guidance of Dr. Charah Watson, its Executive Director, the SRC has set the ball rolling with implementing developmental programmes that do...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) continues its drive to increase digital inclusivity across the island through its many projects that seek to facilitate Internet access in underserved communities across the island. The USF is the lead entity in the implementation of several major projects aimed at strengthening the country’s digital infrastructure, in line with the Government’s mandate to build out...

The Ministry of Education and Youth, Region 4, is charting the way for future innovators, having hosted a Robotics Symposium at the HEART College of Innovation & Technology (HCIT) in Montego Bay, St. James, from May 30 to June 1. The seminar featured 15 primary-level students from grades one to six who, along with their teachers, were engaged in basic...

Forty-five students from the Windward Road and Rollington Town Primary Schools in Kingston and Treadlight Primary school in Clarendon have received tablets donated by the Toots Foundation. The tablets were presented to the students (15 tablets to each school) at a special handover ceremony, at the Ministry of Education and Youth, recently. They were donated in honour of the late...

Students at Central High School in Clarendon are basking in the first Universal Service Fund (USF) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Club for high schools, aimed at promoting digital literacy and bridging the digital divide among Jamaica's youth. Launched recently, the club’s membership is 56 and has a growing list of prospective members. The initiative will provide students with a...

Students at Harbour View Primary School in St. Andrew are on their way to becoming champions of the digital world. This, according to Chair of the Digicel Foundation, Jean Lowrie-Chin, who led the handover of a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Smart Room at the school, on Tuesday (April 4). The room, which was constructed and outfitted by the...

Dozens of residents of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home are now experiencing improvements in completing their school assignments as a result of devices acquired through the facility’s ongoing ‘Tablet Drive’. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration of the Walderston, Manchester-based facility embarked on the initiative to acquire tablets for the more than 40 wards, at the time....

In the age of technology and innovation, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry is on a mission to revolutionise the sector through efficiency and sustainability, and change the way Jamaicans view and approach farming. Against this background, the Ministry’s latest investment, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), entails the procurement of two Agri-Spray Drones to provide much-needed relief to farmers...