ENROLMENT AT the University of the West Indies, Mona campus for the 2005-2006 academic year now stands at just over 15,000 students (on and off campus). This represents a four per cent increase over registration for the 2004-2005 academic year and a 13 per cent increase over the three-year period 2003/2004 to 2005/2006.
Students aged 24 and under account for 50 per cent or more of the total population, with the next largest group being those in the 25 to 34 age group which accounts for about 27 per cent of the student body.
The enrolment figures were presented at a meeting of the Mona Campus Council, held in the Council Room last Friday. Campus Council heard that since 2003/2004 the Mona campus has surpassed the targeted 2.4 per cent annual growth in on-campus enrolment as specified in its strategic plan.
With the exception of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences in 2005/2006 and the Faculty of Law in 2003-2004, all faculties have exceeded their targeted annual growth rates since 2003-2004.
