Staff writer Eunice Nisbett
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 26, 2012 (SKNIS): At a recent symposium, Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College students and external research partners showcased their intellectual and artistic research accomplishments.
Dr. Leighton Naraine, Science Lecturer and Vice Principal at CFBC stated that research is important to educational institutions such as CFBC and society.
“As an educational institution we all will know that it is essential that research become a part of our programme, expressed Dr. Naraine. “Research must be essential to what we do as an academic institution.
But let me say also, research should not remain as a theoretical dimension. It really should mean something for society, for science to mean something for society or for science to be useful it must mean something to people’s lives and livelihoods.
That is why the approach we take to this research symposium ought to be that we are problem solving, it leads to innovativeness, creativity and is able to relate to our communities.”
The annual research symposium represents the CFBC’s tradition of education through community and is the principle campus wide event in which faculty and students actualize the institution’s mission to foster and develop citizens to make life long contributions to the communities, said Delores Stapleton Harris, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs (VPASA) of CFBC.
She added that the main outcome of the symposium should be that faculty and students of the CFBC will be empowered and enabled to become competent and confident developers and consumers of research to support the teaching and learning environment at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College.
“It will also be a call for all stakeholders to step up their efforts to enhance cooperation and generate funding for research among our collaborative partners who are the private sector, civil society, international organizations, NGOs and of course government.”
Topics addressed included An analysis of the Biotic Interactions between organisms on four different farming ecosystems in St. Kitts and A Retrospective Study of Teenage Pregnancies by Community Health Districts in St. Kitts.
The CFBC Research Committee aims to motivate and educate students and faculty on conducting research; conduct and publish scholarly investigations and to host annual research symposiums to provide a forum for students, from all academic disciplines, and faculty to present what they have learned through their research experiences to a larger audience and to facilitate the discussion of cutting edge research topics. Article courtesy SKNIS
