– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer

A partnership between the University of the West Indies (UWI) and Ryerson University of Toronto, Canada will enable aspiring nurses in the Caribbean islands to earn their degree in 40 months through a distance education program. The course will feature high-quality, web-enhanced study material and will initially be taken up by 67 nurses from Jamaica, Belize, and St. Lucia.

Dr. Raymond Chang, a Jamaican businessman based in Toronto, Canada, the idea behind the project, will sponsor the cost incurred during the first three years, an approximate expense of Can$750,000. The new course, which has been designed by The Chang School, a continuing education facility at the Ryerson University, was announced and launched recently at the Mona Campus, UWI.