As part of its efforts to satisfy the human resource needs of Jamaica and the Caribbean, the UWI Mona Campus has introduced a number of new programmes aimed at satisfying the needs of the private and public sectors. The focus of the new programmes has been in health, education, environmental science, foreign language studies and computer science and information technology. A report presented to the recent meeting of the Mona Campus Council noted that over the last three years, Mona had graduated more than seven hundred individuals who had specialized in nursing, public health, family medicine, and mental health disciplines. More than one thousand persons had obtained qualifications for teaching in primary and secondary schools, specializing in areas such as mathematics education, science education, educational administration, special education and early childhood education. The Campus has also produced a significant number of graduates in the areas of environmental science, actuarial science and foreign language studies.