The Antigua and Barbuda government says it intends to spend an estimated US$39 million towards the expansion of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Island Campus here.
A statement issued following the weekly Cabinet meeting, said that the matter was discussed with a delegation from the campus, including Principal and Vice Chancellor, Densil Williams and Registrar Hyram Forde.
According to the statement, the campus which started out in 2019 with 178 students will by September have an enrolment of 1,700 students with the number increasing to more than 2,000 by September 2024.
“The Principal informed that on-campus residences are required as is an administrative complex. The government of Antigua and Barbuda is about to acquire US$40 million from the Saudi’s and will leverage 39 million towards the UWI Five Islands Campus expansion,” the statement said.
It said that faculty housing will also be constructed near the campus and a clinic site will be arranged on campus. A Nursing School that meets the high standard set by the Antigua and Barbuda law will have its beginnings September 2022.
“The UWI Five Islands will also create ‘The Centre for Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy.’ The Blue Economy is expected to have a significant impact on economic diversification through training of youth, taking Antigua and Barbuda to the next level. A Director is to be appointed and is expected to be in place by October 2022,” the statement said.
It said that the UWI principal also made a presentation of the plans for a UWI Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Department which will be a major focus of the campus.
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In theory all well and good.
One burning question…
‘should’ ACQUIRE from Saudis….
WHAT IS GOVT GIVING SAUDIS AS GUARANTEE FOR LOAN REPAYMENT?
That’s IF the USD40m becomes reality.
Seems this press release was premature. Hope UWI aren’t banking on it!
Did parliamentarians, senators and the public know the full extent of the ongoing millions $ that A&B government has agreed to supply as the ‘host’ country for the UWI Campus?
Please would Ministers of Finance & Education publish a clear report of investment in UWI to date, and projected investment over next 10-years.
An important question, what about critical social programs currently underfunded… Pension, MBS, school teachers & special needs support staff, fiennes, Clarevue etc.
You are just forcing it, Gaston. You don’t give a damn if the old people can’t get their pension nor if sick people get money to pay for their sickness. You just want to boast that you bring university here and to show off to your friends you could make it bigger and broader. You are a heartless ginal. You don’t care about other people. Just your own bald head vanity and your pompousness.
And give the kids them back their school. You had Bord of Education money to pay for your millionaire son to go to college, and big money to send your little kooly head pickny to expensive private school and because we poor my child has to go and squeeze up in overcrowded classroom?That right to you?
You are the most despicable, hateful person I know. When we kick your ass out I will dance for a whole week, and when you dead, I will piddle on your grave.
And anybody who still supporting you, I wish all of you burn in hell fire forever.
Ah bayyyyyyyyyyyy UWI Five Islands will forever be a thorn inna aryu #UPPNEGARAH side😝😝😝😝😝😝
For spite the UPP families will send their children to UWI Jamaica, Barbados or Trinidad. Cause it would like as if they were supporting Gaston. What a thing. Good for them. Make them pay back bank for the big student loan, while ABLP children will get the same education for $5K
For spite the UPP families will send their children to UWI Jamaica, Barbados or Trinidad. Cause it would like as if they were supporting Gaston. What a thing. Good for them. Make them pay back the bank for the big student loan, while ABLP children will get the same education for $5K
This is an achievement for a century, And the UPP and their cronies are trying hard to bury it. Pretend as if it is nothing. But we know it is the biggest thing of a century. Achieved by now one other than the Smartest and most intelligent Finance Wiz of the Caribbean. The Honorable Gaston Alphonso Browne. Hiep hiep hiep for Gaston Browne. Gaston will turn this country around.
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