Vision for Region in 2050 needed: UWI St. Augustine Principal

MUCH of the Caribbean is now struggling economically and so the region must create a vision for where it wants to be by the year 2050, advised University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine principal, Prof Clem Sankat.

He was speaking on “The Role of Higher Education” at the media launch of [this week’s] “Forum on the future of the Caribbean — disruptive thinking, bold action, practical outcomes” on Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tower C, Port-of-Spain. Saying poverty and inequality were big issues in the region, Sankat said many citizens were so used to TT’s oil-wealth that they were unaware of how much other places in the region were struggling economically.

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