![]() She encouraged the participants to “take advantage of funding being offered for exams so that you can leave school with skill and certification, both from CSEC as well as the Associate Degree”. She told them that the Ministry of Education has redesigned curricula from early childhood to high school levels to reflect the focus on STEAM competences. Lanisia Rhoden (left) CEO and Founder of Link Your Purpose, explains her displays to a curious onlooker at the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Conference.Ĭaptain Dr Kasan Troupe, Chief Education Officer (Acting), Ministry of Education, Youth and Information also addressed the enthusiastic group of students and trainees. She further revealed that the CMU is partnering with the HEART/NSTA Trust to develop future skills competency in areas that include Cyber-Physical Systems. Simmons encouraged the students and trainees not to allow anyone to define them but to find their passion and pursue it by acquiring “future skills”. She said this is also a period of great opportunity and that “emerging nations such as Jamaica have the most to gain because global access to knowledge has levelled the playfield.” Simmons told the attentive audience “we are living in a time of disruption and digital transformation.” She said the current period of the Industrial Revolution is about Cyber-Physical Systems that include Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Robotics Rapid Prototyping Enterprise Information Systems Security (to counter Cyber Crimes), Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Space Technologies. ![]() “Jamaica can take a leading role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” said Keynote Speaker Erica Simmons, Executive Director, Centre for Digital Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing (CDIAM) at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU). ![]() The conference was a highlight of National Career Awareness Week (February 9 to 14) organized by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, the HEART/NSTA Trust and Junior Achievement Jamaica under the theme “Career Development: the Vehicle that Leads to Success.” Hundreds of students and HEART trainees from all over Jamaica grasped the opportunity to get exposure to hands-on demonstrations as well as new and emerging careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics on last Tuesday at the recently held STEAM Conference in Kingston. ![]()
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