Education program in line with Vision 2030
JAMAICA The government will be providing more than 20,000 computers to close to 200 primary schools within the next few months. Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid, who made the announcement during his contribution to the 201819 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate last Friday, said Government’s investment in education is in line with Vision 2030.
Senator Reid said that the go vernment agency, ELearning Jamaica, will be delivering the computers to the schools as part of an 11year rollout project. In addition, he said the Overseas Examinations Commission (OEC) is delivering on its commitment to enhance the information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities of selected secondary schools across the island, through an investment of $250 million.
“Over 6,000 computers and aided devices will be provi ded to schools at all levels and there is more to come through diaspora support,” Reid told the senate. The minister said that this effort is aimed at reforming the early childhood sector into one that focuses on achieving optimal development for all children from birth to eight years.
“We are not just benchmarking ourselves against ourselves and our colleagues in the Caribbean. We are positioning Jamaica to be up there with the world because we have a vision for Jamaica to become a developed country by 2030,” the minister said. “We are leaders in athletics, we have the best minds in the world, given opportunities; so why not have this big vision that we can work and make our education system so robust that our students can outperform the best of the best anywhere in the world,” Reid said.
(Jamaica Observer)