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The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has been asked to prepare a paper regarding the establishment of the Fourth Landed campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne, speaking at the end of the two-day OECS summit, told reporters that the OECS Director General, Dr. Didacus Jules, had been asked to \u201cdevelop a paper for further consideration, perhaps at our next meeting so that we can look at the structure and to make sure that it is firmly established as a sub-regional institution.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, Browne said that he had received a call from the UWI Vice Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles who informed \u201cthat the members of the University Council have now unanimously approved the fourth landed campus for Antigua and Barbuda,\u201d Browne said, adding that following the announcement by UWI, an implementation committee will be established by the university.\u201cThe last thing we want is a situation where it is considered to be exclusively an Antigua and Barbuda campus,\u201d Browne said, acknowledging that the authorities here are still awaiting the official word from the UWI on the matter.<\/p>

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Browne said there is a recognition that while the campus is based here \u201cthat we have to carry the lion\u2019s share of the expenses, providing the physical campus facilities and so on and we are committed to do so\u201d.<\/p>

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He said the new facility at Five Islands had been built at a cost of US$25 million and \u201cwe are about to programme another tranche from the Chinese to construct additional facilities totalling another US$20 million\u201d.<\/p>\n

Browne said that the government has also been upgrading the other sub-campuses and that while Antigua and Barbuda recognises it has to be the \u201canchor, and to spend the necessary monies to ensure we have a successful campus\u2026we also will be proposing that perhaps the countries within the sub-region that have Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIP) that maybe they could add a flat fee of perhaps US$5,000 per application to help to raise funding to support the other countries within the sub-region who would like to at least cover the economic costs for their students\u201d.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda is among several OECS member countries that have a CIP that provides for citizenship for foreign investors in return for a significant contribution to the socio-economic development of the islands in the sub-region.<\/p>\n

Browne said that in any event, \u201cwe have asked for a special carve out from UWI to ensure that we do not replicate the bureaucracy that exists in the other campus territories and that we do not have excessive costs.<\/p>

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\u201cWe want to make sure we have increased enrolments and increase graduations. We want to make sure the fees are truly affordable in order to increase the accessibility to university degree recognising that we have been left behind for decades.<\/p>

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\u201cThere\u2019s empirical evidence (to show) that the OECS region has been an underserved region. We have one of the lowest levels of enrolment and graduates within this hemisphere. So we have to correct that. The very CARICOM treaty does call for special and differential treatment for special consideration be given to the LDCs (Lesser Developed Countries) and clearly this is one area in which we have asked for special carve out in order to satisfy the human resource development requirements of the people of the OECS sub region\u201d.<\/p>\n

The authorities are hoping to have the campus opened by September with at least 1,00 students.<\/p>\n

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