ECTEL Empowers Girls to Get Connected with ICT
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The regulating body for electronic communications in the Eastern Caribbean, the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is calling all girls to participate in an interactive virtual tech talk from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Saint Lucia time) on Friday, April 30 th for International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day that was observed under the theme ‘Connected girls, creating brighter futures’.
“We believe that this is the perfect opportunity to join others worldwide to create more platforms to enable girls to have greater representation amongst top performers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). The observance also provides greater support towards education and skills training, so that more girls and young women will be encouraged to actively pursue careers in STEAM to address the gender digital gap,” said ECTEL’s Managing Director, Mr. Andre
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680 household to benefit from subsidized Internet
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Six-hundred and eighty households and 2,900 students who received digital tablets from the government are expected to benefit from an initiative by the NTRC.
On Wednesday, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) said 680 households will benefit from the second phase of their SMART Project – Subsidized Internet initiative and the 2,900 tablet holders will be beneficiaries of a program called the SIM Card initiative.
During a launch on Facebook live, Managing Director of the NTRC Apollo Knights said the first phase of the SMART Project – Subsidized Internet initiative took place four years ago and saw 340 households receiving Internet at a subsidized cost of EC$10 per month for two years.