Residents in the resort town of Ocho Rios, St. Ann, are excited for the free Wi-Fi hotspot, which was commissioned into service on December 4. The installation was undertaken by the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET), through the Universal Service Fund (USF). Following the launch of the service, scores of residents in the busy town centre stopped to...

Daureen Thompson is overjoyed that her grandson, Kedron Gayle, has received a device under the Government’s Tablets in Schools programme. She tells JIS News that since the start of classes on October 5, the grade-six student of Port Antonio Primary, who is preparing to take the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) next year, has been using an inexpensive smartphone to access...

Grade six students at the Little Bay Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland began Primary Exit Profile (PEP) preparations on Monday (September 14) with virtual classes facilitated under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s Internet in schools programme. The initiative, which involves partnership with ReadyTV through its ReadyNet satellite Internet service, will equip an initial 101 pilot rural schools...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is encouraging students and other relevant stakeholders to become familiar with the Google Suite Learning Management System, which is being rolled out across all educational institutions. The system is designed for teaching and learning, and teachers are receiving the necessary training on the different tools in the programme, while support is being provided...

A new online application software is making it easier for truckers and others using the Kingston ports to do business. The Truck Appointment System (TAS) has been implemented to manage the flow of cargo and trucking companies doing business at the two terminals, the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited and Kingston Wharves Limited. Director of Port Community System (PCS), implemented under...

When the new academic year begins in September, teachers at institutions across the island will be better equipped and prepared to deliver their lessons. They are being gifted with tablet computers for personal use as well as to assist in delivering content in a virtual environment. This is particularly in light of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has resulted in...

When Ricardo Allen declined his Fulbright Scholarship, little did he know he would be helping to further the educational development and achievement of thousands of secondary students across the Caribbean, by creating One on One Educational Services Limited. Since its inception in 2014, the company has provided e-learning assistance to more than 50,000 students across the region, even in the...

Calabar High School has won the 2020 For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Tech Challenge for institutions in Jamaica. The competition, which is open to high-school students between grades seven and 12, requires the participants to design, build, programme and operate robots and compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. The victory for Calabar, which...

Residents of St. James have welcomed the commissioning of free secured Internet access (Wi-Fi) in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay. The installation was undertaken by the Universal Service Fund (USF), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET). Montego Bay resident and university student, Candace Brown, in an interview with JIS News, said the Wi-Fi access is...