Careers & Education in JAMAICA: UWI to award bursaries to students with disabilities.... valued at $50,000 each to five students with disabilities enrolled at the institution's Mona campus.

Sunday, March 23, 2014    

BEGINNING September 2014, the University of the West Indies (UWI) will award five bursaries, valued at $50,000 each to five students with disabilities enrolled at the institution's Mona campus.

Pro-Vice Chancellor and Campus Principal Professor Archibald McDonald made the announcement during the recently concluded two-day biennial Regional Disability Conference, staged by the UWI's Centre for Disability Studies (CDS), at the Mona Visitors' Lodge and Conference Centre.

McDonald said the bursaries will be awarded each academic year through the CDS to students maintaining a B-average in their studies.

"This bursary is yet another major university initiative that is geared at providing friendly and accommodating educational service to all students with disabilities. Our ultimate goal is to continue to provide the training and a strong educational framework that will allow our graduates with disabilities to enter the working world as skilled competent trailblazers (and) make continuous contributions to the welfare of the community," he said.

The principal noted that as the region's premiere tertiary institution, the UWI has taken other major steps to ensure that the best quality education is provided for its students, particularly those with disabilities. He said this is done through several programmes initiated over the past few years, "aimed at empowering and making education easily accessible for our disabled student community." more