Education involves more that the accumulation of knowledge.  Educators can create learning environments that help students learn more effectively, apply what they have learnt and become more excited about learning.  Technology can play a prominent role in providing the learning environments needed to enhance the learning process. 

Illuminat Education - a division of ILLUMINAT Barbados Limited - specializes in delivering state-of- the -art integrated education and e-learning technology solutions for primary, secondary and tertiary education as well as workplace learning in the private sector.  Currently, Illuminat Education has installed technology-based products at over 100 education-related sites regionally, serving over 40,000 students.

For almost ten years, our education team has deployed technology hardware and software to multiple and diverse users as well as conducted workshops, courses and delivered lectures at schools, teacher colleges and other educational institutions. 

Our Educational Solutions cover many areas:
Technology Infrastructure
Illuminat Education solutions provide the tools for virtual learning environments.  Our solutions comprise all the components necessary for learners to access information and facilitate learning anytime, anywhere including:
" Networking
" Servers and Storage
" Desktops and all-in-one PCs
" Laptops and Mini Netbooks
" Computer Lab Layout
" Interactive whiteboards
" Classroom Management Software

Process Management (Omit Section)

Knowledge Applications
We provide applications that are trusted by educators worldwide.  From primary, secondary and tertiary education to the workplace, our wide range of state-of-the-art learning systems will ensure that your organisation achieves results in a rapidly changing learning environment.

Procuring and Installing Technology
Illuminat Education will work with you in determining and identifying the type of hardware, operating systems and software conducive to school environments.  This includes models for efficient, affordable, quality access to the Internet for schools.

Integrating Curriculum
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on its own has limited uses in education and training systems.  Its intrinsic value lies in the integration of the technology in the curriculum to support and enhance learning and teaching in the various subject areas.  Illuminat Education identifies mechanisms and techniques that encourage this integration.

Training Teachers to Use ICT
Teachers need to understand the application of ICT to support their teaching and administrative activities.  Illuminat Education designs training workshops and courses to train teachers in the fundamentals of integrating ICT into their daily curriculum.  Our offerings range from Foundations in Educational Technology to Educational Software Evaluations to Analysis of Emerging Educational Technology.

Ongoing Technical Support
Illuminat Education provides technical support for all of its ICT solutions through its Services Division.  This enhances our ability to customize our ICT offerings to our customers' specific needs, since the integration of ICT in the education system requires different levels of support.  Of course we focus on the first line of technical support - the teachers in the schools.  To this end, we offer technical support to the Information Technology Co-ordinators in the schools as required.

Ongoing Curriculum Support
Ongoing support of teachers is crucial as they integrate ICT in their everyday curriculum activities.  In addition to providing specific training in the use of ICT, Illuminat Education also provides services in curriculum alignment with our educational software offerings, and training in software evaluation.

Developing and Managing Content
The value of integrating ICT in the classroom is best realized when appropriate, contextual content is developed and used to enhance and support learning, teaching and administration.  To this end, Illuminat Education has partnered with Pearson Longman, respected international publishers, to produce textbooks incorporating materials based on the Caribbean context and include multi-media teaching and learning resources.

ILLUMINAT Enterprise
ILLUMNIAT Enterprise is the new dimension in Educational Technology.  This integrated solution takes ICT in education to the next level through the provision of comprehensive, flexible desktop or laptop solutions for educational institutions, all of which can be customised to the school's requirements.   Our unique program offers educational agencies innovative technology to enhance student learning, powerful servers to help ministries and schools manage classrooms, as well as professional support for new and experienced teachers.

Implementing ICT in the Education Sector requires substantial investments in physical and human resources.  Therefore, partnerships between government, private sector, development agencies and school communities are essential to the implementation and adoption process.   To this end, Illuminat Education provides services to a host of entities in the Education Sector.  Some of our customers include:

" The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development - Barbados
" The Ministry of Education - Jamaica
" The Ministry of Education - St. Kitts
" The Ministry of Education - St. Vincent
" The Ministry of Education - Antigua and Barbuda
" The Ministry of Education - Dominica
" The University of the West Indies
" Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP)
" Cave Hill School of Business (CHSB)

Illuminat Education also provides a comprehensive range of equipment and supplies in the Education Sector.  We are the authorized distributor of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard and an authorized reseller for several leading international technology companies including Epson and Hewlett-Packard.  Illuminat Education is also the only SMART Certified Training Centre in the Caribbean.

Furthermore, we were one of the major hardware solution providers for the Education Sector Enhancement Programme (ESEP) in Barbados and the Primary Education Information Technology Programme in Guyana.

For further information, click on our specific and cross-industry solutions on the side links to view the range of education solutions hardware and software products currently being offered by ILLUMINAT.