AMID THE current controversy surrounding nursing, the Barbados Community College (BCC) is strengthening its programme.
During the college’s 46th graduation ceremony on Saturday in the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Wildey, St Michael, principal Annette Alleyne said, “In May on assuming office as principal, I was given a mandate by the board of management to convene a committee of relevant stakeholders to review the nursing programme because of a number of concerns raised with the level of performance at the regional level.
“There is now a memorandum of understanding with Sagicor Life Inc. which would result in the delivery of an enhanced nursing auxiliary programme and also see the establishment of an experiential training laboratory,” she said.
As a result, Alleyne said they had revised the curriculum to align it with regional standards; addressed the staff/student ratio and were engaged in efforts to acquire greater resources for the nursing department. (CA)
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