Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Hon. Fayval Williams is applauding the latest move to advance ICT in schools with the signing of contracts to provide 65,000 tablets to teachers and students. Four contracts, valued at approximately US$11.1 million were signed with three local vendors to supply 25,000 tablets for teachers and 40,000 shared tablets […]
Chief Executive Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, Keith Smith, says Cabinet has approved the procurement of 40,000 tablet computers for students and 25,000 devices for teachers, under the Tablets in Schools Project. “We are now finalising contracts with the vendors,” he told JIS News in a recent interview. A new phase of the project, which […]
Kingston, Jamaica – For the second time in three months the Supreme Court has sided with e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (“e-Learning Jamaica”) in the termination dispute with GeoTechVision Enterprises Limited (“GeoTechVision”). On January 23, 2020, the Court handed down judgment in favour of e-Learning Jamaica, refusing to grant the order sought by GeoTechVision for the […]
e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) on Friday (Nov. 29) handed over 46 computer tablets to the Jamaica Physiotherapy Association, which will assist with the delivery of physiotherapy services in health facilities islandwide. The initiative was provided for, under the 2015 – 2017 Heads of Agreement with the Council of Paramedics and the Government of Jamaica. […]
Fifteen thousand teachers will benefit from the roll-out of the Tablets for Teachers Programme, which should begin in December 2019. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at e-Learning, Keith Smith, said the project implementation agency is currently undertaking the procurement process for the tablets, which will be distributed under the programme. He told JIS News that the […]
