TTCS submission to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for the Laptops for SEA Students programme
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society has been considering the laptops-for-children program that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is proposing to implement. While the TTCS recognises the importance of ICT in education, there are a number of questions that have been put forward by its members. These questions cover many of the issues concerning the specifications of the laptops as well as the mechanisms by which such laptops will be obtained and deployed and the role they play in the Education system of Trinidad and Tobago.
The TTCS has developed a document detailing these questions and has been given the opportunity to submit it to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. This document was submitted on 9th June 2010, to Mr. Siewdath Persad, an advisor to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago who has forwarded it to the Ministry of Education and the Office of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
The TTCS is still awaiting a response to this document and is willing to provide further clarification and recommendations for this project. A link to the document can be found here.
TTCS online meeting on Sunday May 30 2010 from 8pm : discussion of "Draft Implementation plan for Number Portability in Trinidad and Tobago" policy
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) will be having an online meeting on Sunday 30th May 2010 at 8pm via Skype.
The focus of this online meeting is to discuss aspects of the "Draft Implementation plan for Number Portability in Trinidad and Tobago" document released for public comment. by the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) with the intention to submit formal comments to TATT.
Number portability will permit users of domestic fixed line and mobile telecommunications networks to change concessionaire without changing their telephone number.
You can download/view the document : http://bit.ly/cOzSIk (PDF ; 45 pages ; 1.47 MB) and view the discussion thread on this issue on the TTCS discussion list at http://bit.ly/blt21D.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society skype account is "trinidadtobagocomputersociety".
Those with Skype accounts who wish to participate, add your Skype contact to the "trinidadtobagocomputersociety" Skype account or email admin -at@- ttcsweb.org with your Skype ID.
Comments on Draft National E-business policy of Trinidad and Tobago
The TTCS comments to the proposed Draft National E-business Policy of Trinidad and Tobago (PDF ; 745K ; 25 pages) were submitted using the fastforward's online form.
