Securing & Expanding the GATE Programme

NATIONAL CONSULTATION

Presented by:Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim

Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education

November 2011

“We will continue the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) Programme. It will be expanded to include vocational training, strengthened and made sustainable to increase the participation rate in higher education to 60 percent. In addition, to avoid and stop the abuse of GATE, we will strictly enforce existing measures.”

2001 – Dollar for Dollar (DfD) Education Plan

2004 – Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) Programme

Commenced September 2004.

Objectives To make tertiary education affordable to all; and

To widen access to tertiary education to support economic development and promote social equity.

Obtain feedback from various stakeholders on the policies, administration and performance of the GATE Programme;

Obtain perspectives, ideas and strategies for securing and expanding the GATE Programme; and

Provide the basis for an Action Plan that seeks to secure and expand the policy and institutional framework of the GATE Programme.

GATE expenditure presented as follows:-

Annual Expenditure by fiscal year

Local Approved Private Institutions

Local Approved Public Institutions

Regional Private (St. George's University, Grenada & University of Technology, Jamaica)

Regional Public Campuses of UWI

Foreign “Other” (Cardiff University – Cabinet Decision)

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Grand Total Over

7 Fiscal Periods

LOCAL $68,004,839 $103,095,909 $216,402,112 $252,543,216 $312,029,629 $312,345,815 $294,628,126 $1,559,049,646

REGIONAL  

UWI - Cave Hill, Barbados $2,014,993 $1,778,128 $4,374,600 $4,117,336 $5,138,828 $12,045,495 $19,872,961 $49,342,341

UWI - Cave Hill School of Business

- - - - $85,125 $38,280 $67,314 $190,719

UWI - Bahamas $92,830 $126,004 $278,903 $233,153 $244,063 $173,021 $115,276 $1,263,250

UWI - Mona, Jamaica $2,055,281 $4,493,996 $8,054,683 $12,987,362 $17,076,977 $24,243,338 $29,377,344 $98,288,981

UWI - Mona School of Business  - - - - $131,416 $199,205 $21,000 $351,621

UWI - School of Continuing Studies, Montserrat

- $5,794 $9,392 $16,819 - - - $32,005

UWI - School of Continuing Studies, St. Kitts & Nevis

- - $11,847 - - - - $11,847

Norman Manley Law School $49,921 $29,330 $49,921 $33,542 $11,105 - - $173,819

SUB TOTAL FOR REGIONAL $4,213,025 $6,433,252 $12,779,346 $17,388,212 $22,687,514 $36,699,339 $49,453,895 $149,654,583

TOTAL FOR LOCAL & REGIONAL

$72,217,864 $109,529,16

1

$229,181,45

8

$269,931,428

$334,717,143

$349,045,15

4

$344,082,021

$1,708,704,229

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total Over

7 Fiscal Periods

LOCAL $29,858,288 $70,159,959 $243,367,869 $230,732,501 $239,478,069 $233,642,576 $230,572,279 $1,277,811,541

REGIONAL

St. George’s University, Grenada

- - - - - - $48,042,218 $48,042,218

University of Technology, Jamaica

- - - $1,099,795 $717,929 $2,011,916 $2,250,948 $6,080,588

SUB TOTAL FOR REGIONAL -  -   - $1,099,795 $717,929 $2,011,916 $50,293,166 $54,122,806

OTHER $117,120 - $222,127 $19,328 - - $49,558 $408,133

TOTAL FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL & OTHER

$29,975,408 $70,159,959$243,589,99

6$231,851,62

4$240,195,99

8$235,654,49

2$280,915,00

3$1,332,342,48

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Jwala Rambarran (Chairman)Dr. Michael Dowlath (Deputy Chairman)Jaggernauth Soom (PS-MSTTE)Angela Sinaswee-Gervais (Deputy PS-MSTTE)Keith Thomas (TT Chamber)Bernadette Clinton (Ministry of Labour)Cherry-Ann LeGendre (Ministry of Finance)Carleen Roach (Ministry of Planning & Economy)Michael Bradshaw (ACTT)Elphege Joseph (NTA)Teresa Davidson (MSTTE)Anthony Webster (MSTTE)Nievel Niles (Secretary)