The students of the Pembroke Hall High School are set to benefit from a Huawei IdeaHub, a productivity tool with a 4K soft light screen and smart board designed for collaboration and creation.

The state-of-the-art Interactive classroom system supports online or remote learning and includes an interactive whiteboard, wireless sharing and video conferencing.

Emphasising the importance of technology literacy in the digital age, Bo Zhou, CEO of Huawei Jamaica, said the donation is intended to expose students to technologies and the skills needed for the labour market for the future.

“Today is just a very small step but we hope that this will help our students in the use of technology, and we hope this will help train local talent and help with Jamaica’s development,” Zhou stated.

Huawei IdeaHub comes with a voice assistant, intelligent display, intelligent handwriting recognition, acoustic baffle, speaker tracking, on-screen name tags, and multi-modal conference minutes. It enables cross-region communication and intelligent writing making it perfect for online and distance learning.

Fayval Williams, minister of education, youth and information, who was on hand for the donation, said the IdeaHub is just one way in which the ministry is seeking to fulfil its mandate of bringing more technology into the classroom as well as to expose students to new developments in the digital space.

“Huawei’s IdeaHubs are designed to turn classrooms and open spaces into smart spaces and is perfect for the delivery of online or remote classes,” she said.

Also in attendance was Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance & the public service, who said the donation of the interactive classroom system will enable students to be better equipped for the world that they will face.

“It is absolutely clear that the path forward for Jamaica must involve and include human capital improvement and human capital investment… . The long-term solution to Jamaica’s [development] is to radically and transformatively improve the stock of human capital in Jamaica,” Clarke stressed.