The Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party and Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party Education Fund, visited The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus, on Friday, November 26, 2021 to present the institution with gifts from the Jamaica Labour Party Education Fund ($1.5m) and the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation ($1m); the total value of the donation was $2.5 m.
This donation is the third of what Prime Minister Holness hopes will be many more in the future.
Responding to the donation, The UWI Mona’s Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Dale Webber stated that “education is still the best vehicle for upward mobility.” He noted however that funding is always difficult to find. Students, he noted, tend to start programmes and start with great faith but it is sometimes difficult for them to complete the race.
Prof Webber added: “The Jamaica Labour Party Education Fund and the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation see education in the same way that we at the UWI see it and make valuable contributions at timely moments to make a difference. Timely because exams start in two weeks and we have 6,000 students at risk of not meeting their financial obligations.”
This contribution, Principal Webber said, will go a far way in helping as many students as possible and so The UWI Mona is eternally grateful.
Article & Photo from: The University of the West Indies, Mona