2011/2012 Annual Report - Open Campus - Uwi.edu

UWI OPEN CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012UWI Open Campus Graduatesthe Assessment, Awards and records departmentled the organisation of the fourth Opencampus graduation ceremony in St. Kitts andnevis on October 13, 2012. 719 students graduatedin the 2011/2012 cohort, 126 of whomparticipated in an elegant and memorableceremony at the St. Kitts Marriott resort,despite the challenges posed by the passageof tropical Storm raphael.Annual graduation ceremony. in light of this,Sites continued to host recognition and Awardsceremonies locally. these local ceremoniesprimarily recognize degree pre-university andprofessional certificate awardees. the largest ofthese local awards and recognition ceremoniestakes place annually in trinidad and tobago andhas become an outstanding national event.ceremonies were also held in barbados, belize,dominica, St. Vincent and the grenadines aswell as Montserrat.it is to be noted that this is the first yearthat the Open campus graduated studentswith Master’s degrees – the M.ed.Adult and continuing education andM.ed. literacy instruction programmes.table 1 below illustrates the level ofawards gained by the graduating classof 2012.Recognition Ceremoniesceremonies were also held by the OccSand cSdr. in the case of the OccS,these ceremonies accommodated studentswho were unable to attend theRegional Four Month Course in the Principles and Practice of Social Work –Ceremony held on April 26, 2012.Table 1: graduates by level of AwardAward Class No. of Graduates PercentageFirst class Honours 83 11.2upper Second class Honours 187 25.2lower Second class Honours 234 31.5Pass 165 22.2distinction (ASc.) 43 5.8Honours (diploma) 7 0.9credit (ASc. & diploma) 23 3.1Total 742 100.0A C A M P U S F O R T H E T I M E S . . . A C A M P U S F O R T H E F U T U R E47