Two students enrolled in the discipline of Maritime Studies at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) have been presented with the Minister’s Award of Maritime Excellence for 2022. Minister of Tourism and International Transport, lan Gooding-Edghill, congratulated and presented 20-year old Abigail Rollock and 40-year-old Shawn Seales with awards on Friday, January 13,...Read More

Under the theme Rising Together – Conquering the World, the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), for the first time since the onset of COVID, was able to host an in-person graduation ceremony. The event, which took place at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, incorporated students from both the full-time and part-time divisions of...Read More

Over US$1,000 in educational resources were donated yesterday to the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) by the United States Embassy, to be used by students in its newly-renovated media resource centre. Principal of the SJPI, Ian Drakes, in accepting the materials, thanked the Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer, Larry Socha, and acknowledged it was...Read More

Principal of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology Ian Drakes is singing the praises of construction group JADA Inc over its recent reconstruction of a walkway for students on the campus. Drakes said this morning that the company’s contribution speaks volumes to the importance of maintaining social responsibility in the industry and is a...Read More

SJPI supports government’s plan to digitise the public service. The recently modernised and digitised library at the Samuel Jackman Institute of Technology (SJPI) is being regarded by the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training as fully supporting government’s national plan of action to deconstruct and reconstruct systems throughout government, as it moves towards digitising...Read More

These are exciting times! Last night the Samuel Jackman Institute of Technology launched its state-of-the-art Media Resource Centre! Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training, Betty Alleyne-Headley cut the ribbon along with Principal of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, Ian Drakes, while librarian Julia Ward looked on. Stay tuned...Read More

Deputy Principal JONES-DRAYTON to retire. The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) will be looking for a new Deputy Principal. The institute announced late Friday night that Ms. Audrey Jones-Drayton, Deputy Principal (Ag.), who has held the position since December 2017, will be retiring at the end of May. Before coming to the SJPI,...Read More

The nation’s leading business school, Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP), has agreed to tap into the expertise of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) to further develop its green energy profile. In return, BIMAP has agreed to help SJPI’s students and tutors improve digital learning. And the country’s main technical school...Read More

Eighty unemployed young persons have been given the opportunity to upskill themselves at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), under the Next Step Training Initiative of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment. They will receive training across five disciplines: Photovoltaic Installation; Sound Engineering; Basic Car Maintenance for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)...Read More

Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, has reiterated the need for a skilled labour force to be trained to install, maintain and service renewable energy technologies, as the island continues apace to meet the 2030 renewable energy target. He renewed the call today while addressing the official launch of the Energy Champion...Read More