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Jawge, thank goodness for the surplus (if one can call it that) of tertiary institutions. How soon we forget that up until 1979 we only had one university (UWI) and a college which handed out certificates and diplomas (CAST). Back then many Jamaicans migrated in order to further their education.
Now, less than 30 years later, there are 4 universities (GC Foster, NCU, UTECH and UWI). Add several management institutes and several community colleges to that and we can see a vast improvement on avenues for upward mobility through education. I think more of our citizens are being educated at the tertiary level than before, given the fact that we now have more space for learning. What Mr Thompson failed to mention in his letter is the number of our learned/trained people who we've lost or been recruited into other countries where more opportunities for jobs exist. One only has to take a look in the workforce to see the paradigm shift made, especially where the number of women in the workplace is concerned.
And who told Mr Thompson that "If we should take a good look in the region, we will see the alarming fact that we Jamaicans are not as outstanding among other Caribbean counterparts as we once were?"
Now, less than 30 years later, there are 4 universities (GC Foster, NCU, UTECH and UWI). Add several management institutes and several community colleges to that and we can see a vast improvement on avenues for upward mobility through education. I think more of our citizens are being educated at the tertiary level than before, given the fact that we now have more space for learning. What Mr Thompson failed to mention in his letter is the number of our learned/trained people who we've lost or been recruited into other countries where more opportunities for jobs exist. One only has to take a look in the workforce to see the paradigm shift made, especially where the number of women in the workplace is concerned.
And who told Mr Thompson that "If we should take a good look in the region, we will see the alarming fact that we Jamaicans are not as outstanding among other Caribbean counterparts as we once were?"
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