Computer labs for new high schools
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Observer Reporter
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
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| PAULWELL. project will cost about US$3.5 million |
WESTERN BUREAU - Computer labs are to be set up in all new high schools this year, as part of a major government E-learning project.
Phillip Paulwell, the technology minister, made the announcement at Saturday's awards ceremony for the Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT), at the Half Moon Golf and Beach Club in Rose Hall, Montego Bay.
A memorandum of understanding for the project was signed recently with the International Telecommunications Union and UNESCO, Paulwell said.
"This project will cost about US$3.5 million and will see a focus being placed on our new high schools," he added.
The technology ministry, Paulwell said, was expecting to have the best teachers operating from one central point, and conduct lectures and tutorials, which will be beamed into these schools.
The ministry is also looking at the possibility of opening these facilities after regular school hours to facilitate "drop-outs", said the minister.
At the same time, Paulwell said government was planning to pump $90, million into the CIT over the next year.
He told the awards function that he was pleased to see the graduates of the institution "providing valuable services to their country". He pointed that not only have graduates been employed to established businesses, but many have launched their own businesses.
The CIT was created with the goal of providing Jamaican students with world-class training, education and international certification in software designing and computer programming.
The opening of the institute in 1999 marked the culmination of discussions started a year before between Jamaica, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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