CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has underscored the pivotal role of tertiary education institutions as the Community moves towards building a knowledge society and economy.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Regional Headquarters of the Univer-sity of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, on Wednes-day, Secretary General LaRocque also said that “it is within the walls of those institutions, including the UWI, that the Community will look for the development of the quality of intellectual and cultural capital which will make the Region competitive and contribute to overcoming underdevelopment,” according to a copy of his remarks released by the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen.
He also observed that the splendid building itself is an example of the kind of collaboration among regional institutions, agencies, the
