The Dominica State College (DSC) will confer degrees on over 300 graduates when it stages its 22nd commencement ceremony today.
The ceremony will be held at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium from 2:30 PM.
“Students will graduate in various disciplines from the Faculty of Applied Arts and Technology, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of General Studies,” DSC Marketing and Communications Officer, Kimberly Benjamin said.
According to Benjamin, this will be the first commencement ceremony under the stewardship of Miss Trudy Christian since assuming her position as officer in charge of the Dominica State College.
Conservation Ecologist, Jeanelle Brisbane will be the featured speaker of the ceremony.
The ceremony will be hosted by DSC Lecturers, Mrs. Julie Frampton from the Faculty of Health and Sciences and Mr. Abishai Massicotte from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
DSC activities and services for the promotion of Dominican culture and technical development should be appreciated. Collectively; DSC should be supported by the various centers.
Prof. Dr. Abbas Mirshafiey
Inventor & Full Professor in Immunology
Dominica
The DSC graduated over three hundred (300) students, that’s good. The present state of the economy cannot accommodate not even ten (10) of these graduates, that’s bad.
Among these three hundred graduates most of them will be seeking employment in neighbouring Caribbean territories and wider afield.
Dominicans are pushing above their Wight all over the world but given no chance to give back to their country because of the very sorry state of the economy.
A nation without a clear vision lose citizens and will be unable to grow and advance itself. Dominica will soon become an abandoned land due to out-migration.
lbo more than 97% of the three hundred graduating students will never earn themselves a job in Dominica or internationally based on whatever discipline they studied at the DSC.
Fact: DSC is simply a two year college, where one can only obtain an associate in science in some disciplines, and an associate in arts in the liberal arts.
Such degrees these days may serve as prerequisite to higher learning in some four year colleges and, or universities, that may be associated with DSC.
Such degrees from Dominica might be valueless outside of Dominica!
One way or the another the students did acquire a higher level of education, above secondary education! Hence, it might be in the individual students interest to try and use their knowledge in the development of their own business; perhaps creating small industries, but it would be a mistake for one to believe that government will ever be able to employ all of DSC graduates.
How many will leave dominica and never return? How many will be employed by decent paying employers? How many will be able to be self employed? the end, like to boast these great achievements, yes 300 people graduating, but whats there for them after?
I don’t think it’s a cure-all, it’s another step to personal development, entrepreneurship etc. Even a high school education sets you on your way to grand things. They’ve got this!