National ICT Strategic Plan x Government of St Kitts and Nevis Establish or expand public information and advice resources with related Internet-based resources on common public health and other issues. x Establish a regional / international tele-medicine network among hospitals, health centres and practitioners for exchange of information, access to medical information resources world-wide, preliminary diagnosis and assistance for treatment. At one point the JNF General Hospital had a relationship with Dalhousie University in Canada and that is certainly a relationship that we can look to build upon. x Establish or expand public information with related Internet-based resources for persons with disabilities and train personnel from the organisations of civil society that are supporting particular groups of disabled persons to act as intermediaries in the gathering and diffusion of electronic information. ICT in Schools Research has shown that ICT can provide stakeholders and administrators with new tools for increased communication for management efficiencies, and teachers and learners with improved learning opportunities by: x empowering citizens, managers and other stakeholders by enabling online teamwork for increased participation, collaboration and information sharing through the use of email, the Web-logs and other remote collaboration tools. x enabling the rapid creation and inexpensive distribution of educational information and knowledge x encouraging professional development, in-service-training, remote support and mentoring for lifelong learning for teachers, managers and other citizens x facilitating fast and easy access to information and expertise around the world. x increasing motivation through the use of multimedia (sound, video, graphics, animation and text.) x allowing each student to learn at his/her level and speed thereby giving pupils greater Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development, Information and Technology November, 2006 42