Trinidad-Tobago tertiary education system under review

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The government of Trinidad and Tobago recently appointed a Steering Committee to conduct a strategic review of tertiary education; training; distance and lifelong learning. 

The Steering Committee was mandated to achieve consistency in the local tertiary education system with backward linkages to the primary and secondary education sectors. The objective is to develop a seamless system of education in Trinidad and Tobago.

Within the last eighteen months, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education appointed several committees to draft policies to develop the country's tertiary education sector. 

This was seen as one of the necessary ingredients to achieve developed country status by the year 2020 (Vision 2020). 

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