Are you a student who recently received a Tablet under the Tablets in Schools Programme? National Junior Sprinter Shauna Helps is reminding you to, “Take care of your Tablet and it will take care of you.” Additionally, keep these tips in mind: Be conscious of your environment – use your Tablet in safe places only. […]
Technology minister says element of cost-sharing in Tablets in School programme
MINISTER OF Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell has said parents will be required to pay for the tablets received by their children when the full roll-out of the Tablets in School Programme gets under way. “It will not be as fully funded as it is today. There will be an element of […]
Tablets Will Empower Students To Be Innovators – State Minister Robinson
The Government’s Tablets in Schools programme is crucial in empowering the country’s young people to be global innovators, says Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Julian Robinson. Mr. Robinson made the comment at the Clan Carthy Primary School in St. Andrew on October 27 before the start of […]
Tablets bring high hopes for improvement at Westmoreland school
Some 613 students of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland were among those receiving tablet computers under the Government’s ‘Tablets in Schools’ pilot programme in October 2014. The programme is being implemented by e-Learning Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Implementation Officer with e-Learning Jamaica, Catherina […]
Rollout of tablets in high gear
The distribution of tablet computers to students under the Tablets in Schools Pilot Project (TISPP) is now in high gear with hundreds of students having received their devices over the last three weeks.