Minister of Science and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, says as Jamaica searches for ways to accelerate economic growth, science, technology and innovation must play a key role.
Minister Paulwell was speaking at a ceremony proclaiming November as Science Technology and Innovation Month at King’s House on Friday.
Minister Paulwell says Jamaica should consider the role played by science and technology in the development of first world economies.
Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Science and Technology, speaking at King’s House on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Government is moving to review the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy.
The review is part of the process to improve the contribution of science and technology to national development.
Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has instructed the re-constituted National Science, Technology and Innovation Commission to begin the review as a first order of business.
Minister Paulwell says that the Prime Minister, who’s chair of the Commission, gave the directive at the first meeting of the Commission last Wednesday.
He says, acting on the instructions of the Prime Minister, a committee has been established, headed by University of the West Indies Professor, Ishemkumba Kahwa, ‘to proceed with alacrity to get that work done.
Minister Paulwell, who was addressing a JIS Think Tank on Thursday, said the push to expand the use of and access to technology resources by Jamaicans, is crucial to the country’s progress.
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