Saturday, March 20, 2010

Reshaping Higher Education Sector

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Anonymous said...

University of the OECS, it would be cheaper because our governments will subsidize and mostly because we are one family, we've supported Barbados, T&T and Jamaica for too long paying so much in tuition etc..

We're confident enough to have our own, CARICOM is a farce.

March 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
Anonymous said...

In St.Lucia we have to recognize that we can attract human capital needed to sustain growth without shouldering all of the social cost that own citizens have come to expect. As our economy evolves the economic immigrant will be the next century what guest workers were to develop countries. Highly educated knowledge workers use networked technology to connect and communicate with each other from different locations, thereby changing the nature of immigration. Companies recognize this trend and treat electronic migrants as converted corporate assets. They show up for work online and use all social, medical and educational services they need in their home countries.

Our education system has come a long way, still we need to rethink the way we educate our population. Moving forward, we need to explore innovative faculties and next century knowledge base industries that drive growth in our economy, such as combine programs in medicine and engineering, (medical-technology), information communication and technology, computer engineering/architecture, computer and semiconductors, aerospace and instrumentation and the never ending research and development components. I must admit the real issue of educating St. Lucians for the New Economy has barely began to be address and it is time for a real revolution in the education of the new generation. In so doing I believe in a system with a range of options to upgrade skills at community colleges, university campus and through distance-education. Also, an interactive early child care and early childhood education programs have to be implemented.

Alphonse M

March 26, 2010 at 4:03 PM

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