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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 1ST 2006 - Good news for teachers in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and other non-campus territories of the University of the West Indies (UWI).
The tertiary-level institution, which has campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, has announced it is planning to train more teachers to the degree level through its distance learning programmes across the region.
According to Deputy Principal of the Mona campus, in Jamaica, Mr. Joseph Pereira, the decision is in response to a series of consultations in the various territories where the institution's distance programmes are offered, which showed that the need for upgrading of teachers throughout the region
The consultations were done in the 12 territories of the English-speaking Caribbean which do not have UWI campuses, and at which ~~Adz:Right~~courses are delivered remotely.
Reports say that the deputy principal was speaking at a luncheon at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St Andrew, Jamaica, in honour of the first batch of 65 teachers to complete the Bachelor in Education Secondary (Distance) Programme at Mona.
"The faculty (of Humanities and Education) sees immediately that this project can be expanded. The more students you have in a particular programme the lower the per capita cost. It makes it more viable economically, while at the same time we are answering the clearly expressed needs of these other countries," Pereira said.
