e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-Learning Jamaica) is a limited liability company, established in 2005, as an agency of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology (MSET) to implement e-learning projects in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Youth (MoEY) and the Universal Service Fund (USF). The Company is governed by a Board of Directors (BoD) appointed by the portfolio Minister.
e-LJam brings a new dynamic to teaching through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Students in Jamaica benefit from a mix of traditional methodologies with new entertaining approaches to learning which will stimulate the teaching and learning process, excite, and encourage a quest for knowledge and learning of new skills. Our core competencies and services include programme management, technology integration, support services, technology consulting, and public education.
Some of the major projects completed by e-LJam to date include the: High School Project (2005 – 2013) – impacted203 educational institutions island wide. It resulted in the:
Equipping of computer-laboratories with computers and audio-visual equipment
Acquisition and production of digitized instructional materials for 11 CXC CSEC subjects.
Training of teachers in high schools and teacher training institutions in Basic ICT and Technology Integration in instructional delivery.
Tablets in Schools (TIS) Pilot Project (2014 -2017) - provided approximately 25,000 tablets to students and teachers in 38 institutions including Basic/Infant, Primary, High, Special, and teacher training educational institutions. Additionally, the institutions also received audio-visual equipment and tablet charging carts.
Tablets for Physiotherapists (2019) - provided46 tablets to fulfil a Heads of Agreement signed between the GoJ and the Council of Paramedics, impacting over 20 health care institutions across the island.
To promote the integration and infusion oftechnology in the education system.
