The University of the West Indies will provide counterpart funding for the programme.
While expressing gratitude for the institution’s ongoing response, students at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus say they are hoping some measures can be extended and others reassessed following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
“It’s like everyone was just turning their backs on what was happening, to me it felt like an adapt and move on or get left behind situation,” said a 23-year-old student from St Catherine, one of two who spoke to the Jamaica Observer on the condition of anonymity.
Classes at the university began on November 3, less than a week after the Category 5 storm made landfall in western Jamaica, causing catastrophic damage.
Explaining the decision to restart at the time, Campus Registrar Donovan Stanberry told Observer Online that the university had the facilities to restart and maintained it had put several measures in place to support affected students.
Those measures included
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