Training for computer programmers

THE BROWN'S Town Community College in St. Ann is to help train computer programmers as from September this year, following its establishment as an outreach centre of the Caribbean Institute of Technology (CIT).

This move is part of a plan announced by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, for some 40,000 persons to be trained over the next three years for the development of the Information Technology sector.

Principal of the college, James Walsh, told the government's official news agency, Jampress, that $10 million would be spent in constructing a new building and providing equipment for the centre to be located at its Brown's Town campus, in time for the start of the new academic year.

Mr. Walsh noted that the "highly specialised" computer laboratory was being built to accommodate 50 students at a time, adding that they would receive intensive training in programming over a period of 10 months.

Students entering the programme must have a minimum of five Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) subjects, including Mathematics, English Language and a science subject. They are also required to pass an aptitude test.

Mr. Walsh said that the college "is proud to be a part of the programme, designed to make information technology one of the leading sectors in the economy".

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