Today, the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) signed two (2) significant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with strategic industry partners – the Barbados Drug Service (BDS) and the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) – which will facilitate training and a collaborative approach of doing business in the medicinal cannabis industry. The MOU between...Read More

With the 2023 hurricane season starting today, students from the Building Studies Division of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) are busy with the construction of a hurricane-resistant building slated for use by the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) for the storage of emergency supplies for use in the aftermath of a storm....Read More

In response to the Prime Minister’s commitment to capitalise on the island’s rich history, exciting new opportunities are underway to help protect Barbadian (Bajan) heritage. Support has come from the Commonwealth Heritage Forum under its Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training programme funded by the Hamish Ogston Foundation.   As a first...Read More

The Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) and The Government Industrial School (GIS) announce collaboration to provide skills training to wards of the GIS On Wednesday 8th, March 2023, the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) and the Government Industrial School (GIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This formal partnership will...Read More

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