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...

Jamaica’s impending Digital Switchover (DSO) will see significant advancements in the capacity of the country’s public broadcasting infrastructure. DSO refers to the transition from analogue television broadcasting to digital television broadcasting. It will involve a phased transition from the outdated analogue technology to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0, also referred to as Next Generation (NextGen) TV. ATSC 3.0...

Educational Technologist, Davia Bryan-Campbell, is the 2022 National Innovator of the Year. She copped the award for her creation, ‘EduHub Teach’, a platform that enables teachers to access and share resources with each other. Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, presented Mrs. Bryan-Campbell with her award during a recent ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston....

Several local stakeholders have welcomed the new Caribbean Business Exchange (CBX) cable television channel. The CBX, which is a division of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), will provide 24 hours of comprehensive news and information on local, regional, and global business, financial and capital market developments to more than 30 countries across the Caribbean. The channel, which was formally launched...