The Government of Dominica and the Government of India have signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Center of Excellence for Information and Communication Technology.
The MOU was signed this afternoon between the High Commissioner of India and the Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information and Communication Technology, Kelver Darroux.
According to Darroux, the agreement is a major step for the Government and people of Dominica in the Information Technology sector and he hopes that the youth will capitalize on the opportunity.
Darroux stated, “The Center will serve multiple purposes and one of the main functions will be to provide specialized training in Information Technology for our young people. And this is a major step as the Government has realized that the Information Technology sector is very diverse and dynamic and we will need to take full advantage of the opportunities provided therein.”
He continued, “The Government of India will provide free trainers within a two year period and they will also provide all the equipment that will be required for the establishment of that Center. The Government of Dominica will provide the facility structure as well as the furniture for that building and any administrative staff that will be required for the facilitation of the IT Center.”
He mentioned that a property in Bath Estate that was previously used as a Ministry of Education storeroom has been earmarked for refurbishment and will be used for the establishment of the Center.
The Center will also partner with the Dominica State College to identify specific areas where that training is necessary and Darroux said that the hope is that young people trained at the Center can become entrepreneurs, with those skills being in such demand.
“At the end of the training we are looking forward to these young people becoming young entrepreneurs, operating their own businesses and employing other young people. We hope that the persons who will be trained there, the skills that they learn will be in high demand because we know that sector provides tremendous opportunity. So we are hoping that our young people in particular will benefit from this initiative,” affirmed Darroux
The proposed Center is expected to be completed within 6-8 months.
I smell a rat Mr. Darroux
why does this coincide with the recent developments in Jakarta between that government and Research in motion???????????
Not all of us are obliviously living in a glass jar…..
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
i see that as another good step forward.
i will be looking forward that opportunity
Great!!!…..Sounds good..Definately Something to look forward to…mmmmmmMMMmm…………………………………..
I don’t mean to be a fly in the soup nuh, but being an IT person who is up to date with recent IT policy developments, I would like to ask, what is the understanding of this memorandum?? I understand that blackberry has signed secret agreements with certain eastern states….I’m wondering…..will there be any policy adoption or additional information exchange???? Sorry admin, I just had to ask because Knowledge is power.
Sigh ……don’t mind me bashers, I just like to read the fine print on any document that says “SIGN HERE”.