{"id":42821,"date":"2011-08-29T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=42821"},"modified":"2011-08-29T19:06:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T23:06:25","slug":"dsc-hosts-orientation-for-close-to-800-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/dsc-hosts-orientation-for-close-to-800-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"DSC hosts orientation for close to 800 new students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42833\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42833\" title=\"students at orientation\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/students-at-orientation-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/students-at-orientation-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/students-at-orientation-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/students-at-orientation.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at orientation this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close to 800 new students have been enrolled at the Dominica State College (DSC) to begin in September.<\/p>\n<p>The orientation ceremony for these students took place this morning at the Goodwill Parish Hall.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Dominica State College Dr. Donald Peters told incoming students that a college degree is essential to competing in the job markets in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p>He said that only eight percent of the Dominican population currently holds degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday you join millions of students all over the world. You require a college degree in order to work. The degree can be transferred anywhere in the world. It means that in order to survive you have to pay attention to what is being taught to you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meantime Acting Education Minister Kelver Darroux told students to take advantage of the opportunities that are being provided for them at the Dominica State College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a number of students who would have wished to be given the opportunity but they are not here this morning. It\u2019s not their fault. It\u2019s sometimes because of the situation that they have found themselves into, whether financially or whether they have not been raised in a home that have given them the opportunity to make the right choices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for this year\u2019s orientation week is \u201cAre you Prepared?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Close to 800 new students have been enrolled at the Dominica State College (DSC) to begin in September. The orientation ceremony for these students took place this morning at the Goodwill Parish Hall. 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