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The Ministry of Digital Transformation remains committed to bridging the digital divide and championing digital inclusivity in Trinidad and Tobago.

This, as the Ministry opened another ICT Access Centre, this time in Carapichaima.

Sharla Kistow has this report
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00:00Residents of Waterloo now have access to digital technology as another ICT
00:05access center was opened in the community on Wednesday. Minister of
00:09Digital Transformation Hassel Barker said the access center serves as more
00:14than just a building where citizens can go to access the Internet as he urged
00:18the residents to take advantage of the possibilities available to them. One of
00:23the things that we use these centers for quite often is that we have camps,
00:27training seminars etc and one cohort that we use and we encourage
00:33quite a lot to come in would be the more elderly people. He says while the
00:38elderly may have more wisdom there are some gaps that need to be filled and
00:43he's hoping this new generation of Gen Z's can help fill that gap. Why?
00:47Technology is not natural to them but they use it all the time and if they
00:52themselves are not becoming accustomed learning to trust the technology that
00:57we may have a gap that they themselves may find themselves be left behind. The
01:01minister says the ICT centers also represent the ministry's commitment to
01:06provide all that is required so that persons can fully participate in the
01:10digital economy. You have a responsibility to help and educate and
01:16train and and be around and create belief in the people who are not as good
01:23in this technology as you naturally are. That's true and you walk into that
01:27computer room and you can see them. I just walked through the room and they
01:30they can do everything and the people who are here to help you will have
01:35their hands full keeping them contained and the creativity that they have but
01:39you also have a responsibility to help your parents. They're not as smart at
01:43this as you are and they have a responsibility to help the grandparents
01:47who are not as smart as this as you are. The ICT access center located at Waterloo
01:52Community Center is open on Mondays to Saturdays.
01:55Sharla Kisto, TV6 News.
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