Pointing out that the committee had made slight modifications to the traditional model, Sir Hilary said it was argued that “the State should step back now from the 100 per cent participation where it had been historically … to 85 per cent, which would mean that the 15 per cent within that traditional model will have to be shared across the system by other participants.”
“So, we have come up now with a model where we are asking our student participants to make an injection of the five per cent of the cost of education,” Sir Hilary explained.
A similar model , if applied to Trinidad and Tobago's Tertiary education model may reap enormous benefits. It has often been complained that the courses and degrees offered in university today have no real world application , or the courses that attempt to help prepare students for the world of work are woefully inadequate.
Giving business a stake in tertiary education would give the impetus for this to change. Basically the CEO of British Gas Trinidad will be able to call the head of engineering in UWI and cuss him for having a bad syllabus. I'v often heard from my friends and family in the energy sector that UWI grads are woefully unprepared for actual work, and often do serious damage to projects with their naiveté .
Making students pay 5% of the cost of the degree program will also help give them a sense of responsibility and ownership in what they do. The cost is minimal , 5000-10,000 or so depending on the degree program that can easily be covered by a student loan, but the psychological effect will drastically change the student attitude towards their studies and do more to boost attendance grades and discipline than any academic policy ever will.
A similar model , if applied to Trinidad and Tobago's Tertiary education model may reap enormous benefits. It has often been complained that the courses and degrees offered in university today have no real world application , or the courses that attempt to help prepare students for the world of work are woefully inadequate.
Giving business a stake in tertiary education would give the impetus for this to change. Basically the CEO of British Gas Trinidad will be able to call the head of engineering in UWI and cuss him for having a bad syllabus. I'v often heard from my friends and family in the energy sector that UWI grads are woefully unprepared for actual work, and often do serious damage to projects with their naiveté .
Making students pay 5% of the cost of the degree program will also help give them a sense of responsibility and ownership in what they do. The cost is minimal , 5000-10,000 or so depending on the degree program that can easily be covered by a student loan, but the psychological effect will drastically change the student attitude towards their studies and do more to boost attendance grades and discipline than any academic policy ever will.
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