STUDENTS OF José Marti Technical High School in St. Catherine are now benefiting from an upgraded computer laboratory, which has been equipped with 23 computers.
Funding for the project, which cost $2.2 million, was provided by the Digicel Foundation and the HEART Trust/NTA, through the Technical High School Development Project.
Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, and Eleen Rankine, administrator of Digicel Foundation, on Tuesday cut the ribbon to officially open the centre.
Digicel contributed $1 million for the refurbishing and equipping of the laboratory and administrative room, which included the purchasing of desks and chairs, 25 of which were for the computer room; and the tiling of floors. The computers, along with the monitors, were provided by the HEART Trust/NTA.
Bringing greetings at the function, principal of José Marti Technical, Bevar Moodie, thanked the sponsors for transforming the typewriting room into a modern laboratory. He said that the students would benefit greatly from the use of the facility, especially the 40 students, who would this year sit the Caribbean Examination Council's (CXC) electronic document preparation and management examination.
