target the development of skilled Information Technology workers, including the following: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. Keyboard skills Speech and Marketing skills Transcriptions Programming Hardware assembly and maintenance Scanning and digitizing CAD GIS Animation Imaging Desktop publishing Database design, development and management Internet professional skills Network professionals (design, build, maintain). (vi) Teaching and Training in the Work‐place Government will encourage and support the private sector efforts to develop ICT competence in the labour force. This could include a. b. c. d. Encouraging private businesses to undertake in-house training Encouraging the development of private sector training institutes Promoting the capacities in Consultancy Links to overseas training and on-line academies (vii) We Will Modernizing The Education Process In making the classroom relevant to the New Economy, steps will be taken to: o o o o Re-define the content and the role of Education in the New Economy Update and modernize the Curriculum content Provide Computer Labs in all schools, and in some classrooms Network ALL schools and provide system support A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA Anurag Sinha 30