SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER, 2015 – UWI TODAY
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ENERGY
UWI GRADUATION CEREMONIES 2015
The Bachelor of
Education (BEd) Degree
in Early Childhood Care
and Education (ECCE)
The Bachelor of Education (BEd) Degree
in
Early ChildhoodCare and Education (ECCE) is a
3-year full-time programme (Evening) designed
to provide professional development for teachers
who work with young children. It is offered at
The School of Education, UWI St. Augustine.
Graduates who meet the GPA requirements can
apply for seamless transition into the Master
of Education Programme and later the PhD
programme at The UWI, St Augustine.
To be considered for this programme you
should have at least 5 CSEC or equivalent O’ level
subjects one of which must be English language.
You also need a Certificate or Associate Degree in
Early Childhood Education or evidence of partial
completion of a degree in the field. Persons over
21 years with experience and some CXC or GCE
passes may also apply. The BEd ECCE is a 90
credit programme which includes professional
ECCE courses, foundation courses and core
teaching courses. The programme is delivered in
the Blended Mode; some classes are face-to face
and some are online. Students need access to a
computer and the internet for this programme.
For further information
Administrative Assistant student affairs:
Tel: 868-662-2002 Exts. 82127/82118/82119
was accepted and she was advised to wait on word from
the university.
“True to her word, that week the application was
reconsidered and in the middle of September, two days
before the matriculation ceremony, I was accepted to pursue
studies in Early Childhood Care and Education at UWI St
Augustine,” she said.
Today, she gratefully acknowledges the support of her
husband of 25 years and her 20-year-old-daughter. They
stood by her side through the first leg of her university
journey. For Monifa, completing her undergraduate degree
at the top of her class is only the beginning. She plans to
enroll in the Master of Education programme to be better
equipped to fight for the rights of young children and to be
an agent of change and a positive contributor to society. Her
mission is by word and deed to encourage young persons
who feel that they can’t make it and may want to give up,
to keep on trying. She tells her story so that others may
know that there is hope if you have faith, persevere and do
something to help yourself out of your situation.
Back in 2007,
Omari told Newsday writer, Janelle
De Souza about his desire to pursue a degree in Arts
and Cultural Management Studies. Eight years later,
he is enrolled as a full-time student in the Faculty of
Humanities and Education doing that BA in Carnival
Studies and winning the Faculty Award for the Highest
GPA for Level II.
If he had to give one piece of advice to his fellow
students it would be that they should explore and enjoy
all that the Campus has to offer and not just focus on
the academics.
This is fitting advice from Ashby, who is heavily
involved in the local music industry. Some may
remember him from his early days as a member of the
rapso group Kindred, but Omari went into production
as well, earning himself quite a reputation in that area.
KaregaMandela had singled himout for his good vibes.
“I real like Omari’s vibes because he just want to make
good music and not on doing music for any season,”
he had said.
There is a sense that his civic responsibility goes
deep. He had been a part of the Network Community
Organisation’s “Rhythm of Life” programme, joining
with Mandela, Brother Resistance and Sharlan Bailey
to do school visits where they talked and sang and
generally engaged in discourse with students.
“We try to give them some perspective on the
things that are coming at them so fast now. We cover
everything from self-awareness and self-respect toHIV/
AIDS and then some schools have their own specific
issues to deal with. We just try to be real with them and
give them an idea about the things happening around
them,” he had said in the 2007 interview.
“He believes this is important becausemany people
assume that because the children look mature and
sometimes act like adults that they are, but in the end
they are still children... children who need guidance,”
wrote De Souza.
And it seems he is still giving back, being named
President for 2015-2017 termof the Alumni Association
of Woodbrook Secondary School, the place where he
felt the foundation was laid for his successes.
He is founder and Managing Director of Jaliman
Entertainment Limited, a multimedia service company,
with over 23 years of experience in the industry.
Being a dedicated businessman has not distracted
him from his academic pursuits one bit as his Faculty
award shows. He describes it as validation for the work
that he has put in and contributes his success to proper
time management. Always one to look to the next
level of accomplishment Omari has his eyes set on a
programme at the MPhil level once he has completed
his Bachelor of Arts.
Omari’s
rhythm of life
Omari Ashby
Faculty Award
winner.
