MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica May 10, 2021 - Lecturer in social anthropology at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Dr. Herbert Gayle has once again made an appeal for more attention to be paid to ensuring the education of Jamaica's boys who are up to 10 times more likely to become high-risk crime statistics if they do not remain in school to at least complete their secondary education.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, May 9, 2021 - Despite pervasive comments of covert, threatening actions from a traitorous Darth Vader, on Friday, April 30, 2021, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Sir Hilary Beckles secured a well-deserved second term in office.
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The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Friday, May 7, 2021—Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who is currently in the final year of his six-year contract, has been reappointed by the institution’s highest governing body, the University Council, for a second six-year term.
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The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica. Friday, May 7, 2021—Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who is currently in the final year of his six-year contract, has been reappointed by the institution’s highest governing body, the University Council, for a second six-year term.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 24, 2021 - In the last few months, the UWI Chancellor’s Governance Report erupted across the region with a fury, not unlike the violent explosions of La Soufriere which began spewing ash 25,000 feet into the air of St. Vincent, Barbados, St. Lucia and beyond, on and after the morning of April 9, 2021.
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MANDEVILLE, Manchester, April 10, 2021 - eLearning may be seen as a community of interdependent tools, mechanisms and space provided in a learning environment that would aid learners achieve their learning objectives. This self-sustaining mechanism has evolved over time and is now predominantly interactive with a multiplicity of variations.
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One of the policy priorities for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Jamaica is “Bridging the Digital Divide.” This is its most recent policy priority created since the pandemic, albeit I have never seen, read, or heard of its objectives and implementation plan as a whole. Nonetheless, this has piqued my interest as I am in the education sector and have been experiencing growing concerns regarding the significance of self-directed learning in this new dispensation.
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