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<span style="font-weight: bold">not to mention the look into the preconceptions dis man seemingly holds re his less fortunate citizens.....as if him did bawn wid gold spoon eena him mout.... 
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
M<span style="font-weight: bold">ORE students from the poorer class</span> are enrolling at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus than in previous years, <span style="font-weight: bold">but this is not affecting the quality of graduates from the institution</span>, according to the university's <span style="font-weight: bold">chancellor, Sir George Alleyne.</span>
In 1983 the poor to lower-middle income groups accounted for 61 per cent of the new student enrolment. By 2003 the proportion of new students coming from these groups had grown to 75 per cent, Sir George told Saturday's graduation at the university's Mona campus.
Ten years ago 36 per cent of the university's graduates received first or upper-second class degrees. Today the figure is 40 per cent.
Sir George underscored the fact that in the last two decades the UWI has moved from being an institution of the privileged few to becoming a major instrument of upward social mobility in the Caribbean. <span style="font-weight: bold">an dat privilige was due to A levels being di sole qualifier fi entrance... </span>
But Sir George later chided sections of the audience for screaming noisily as their loved ones received their certificates, saying that their behaviour was more suited to a football or basketball match.
In the third of three ceremonies on Saturday evening, Jamaican-Canadian billionaire Michael Lee Chin was conferred with the honorary Doctor of Laws degree for his achievements in business and philanthropy.
Lee Chin, in his address, attributed his success primarily to the values instilled in him by parents.
He also expressed optimism in Jamaica's future, saying the country was a land of phenomenal opportunity.
Thousands of family members and well-wishers braved the inclement weather to witness the ceremony.
</span> Tuesday, November 11, 2008
M<span style="font-weight: bold">ORE students from the poorer class</span> are enrolling at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus than in previous years, <span style="font-weight: bold">but this is not affecting the quality of graduates from the institution</span>, according to the university's <span style="font-weight: bold">chancellor, Sir George Alleyne.</span>
In 1983 the poor to lower-middle income groups accounted for 61 per cent of the new student enrolment. By 2003 the proportion of new students coming from these groups had grown to 75 per cent, Sir George told Saturday's graduation at the university's Mona campus.
Ten years ago 36 per cent of the university's graduates received first or upper-second class degrees. Today the figure is 40 per cent.
Sir George underscored the fact that in the last two decades the UWI has moved from being an institution of the privileged few to becoming a major instrument of upward social mobility in the Caribbean. <span style="font-weight: bold">an dat privilige was due to A levels being di sole qualifier fi entrance... </span>
But Sir George later chided sections of the audience for screaming noisily as their loved ones received their certificates, saying that their behaviour was more suited to a football or basketball match.
In the third of three ceremonies on Saturday evening, Jamaican-Canadian billionaire Michael Lee Chin was conferred with the honorary Doctor of Laws degree for his achievements in business and philanthropy.
Lee Chin, in his address, attributed his success primarily to the values instilled in him by parents.
He also expressed optimism in Jamaica's future, saying the country was a land of phenomenal opportunity.
Thousands of family members and well-wishers braved the inclement weather to witness the ceremony.
) are going to Yanki universities wiht an expansion of marketing US insitutions....
i know nuff upper class who ongle got into high schools due to contacts ,not being able to master common entrance...Prep schools affiliated wid HS use to ease fi dem entrance to di HS...
) This is a tactic used both as a control mechanism and outright overt rascism.... Unno tink Doc Dudd is nat a good dactar cause im manner of writing english is considered worse than an uneducated person such as my self who neva completed grade 2 much less grade 6???? Did he not attend Harvard... (I say this with the utmost respect for the good Doctor as he is the case that demonstrates my thesis)
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