Dominica State College
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Clifton Dupigny Community College Teachers Training College Nursing Institute Technical College |
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| Established | 2002 |
| President | Dr. Donald C. Peters (2011 - Present) |
| Students | Approx. 1400 |
| Location | , Roseau, Dominica |
| Website | http://www.dsc.edu.dm |
Dominica State College, formerly Clifton Dupigny Community College, is a national college, located in the northern part of Roseau, Dominica in the area of the city. It is located just to the southeast of the and northeast of Princess Margaret Hospital. It was named after the pioneer of universal education in Dominica, Clifton Dupigny, but was reestablished and renamed in September 2002.It became the product of an amalgamation of the Technical College (originally established in 1972) and the Sixth Form College. This merger was the result of the Dominican government's attempt to unite all tertiary level education in one campus through the Dominica State College Act of 2002. The college as merged offers a gamut of educational programmes in the field of both traditional and vocational subjects like hospitality and tourism, nursing, agriculture and teachers training.
DSC is supported by the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development, Youth Affairs and Sports. It operates like a polytechnic institution, and offers classes in education, health, arts and sciences. It has a student population of about 1400.
The Dominica State College was the idea of Prime Minister Rosie Douglas. As outlined by Peters, who at the time was at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Dominica State College was planned as a transition from four already established educational institutions. The idea was taken to fruition and taken to parliament by the then Minister for Education Honourable Roosevelt Skerritt. Honourable Skerritt took an inclusive approach and invited all stakeholders in Dominica to contribute to the development of the new college by participating in 16 transition teams representing all aspects newly developed College. Mr Zechariach Pollock Head of the Education Planning Unit of the Ministry of Education Headed the initiative, supported by consultant Dr. Hilroy Thomas,and assisted by Miss Avril Warner and Dr.Helen Francis Seaman who formed College redevelopment committee. The of the Clifton Dupigny College Academic Division would become the Faculty of Arts & Science, Clifton Dupigny Technical Division would become the Faculty of Applied Science & Technology, Teachers Training College would become the Faculty of Education and Human Development, and the School of Nursing would become the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences. The State College was planned to provide students with the first two years of their university education. It was hoped that the State College would begin offering 4 year degrees by 2010. DSC held its first graduation ceremony in July 2003, and the school was also officially opened at the same ceremony although it was actually established in September 2002. It was established by an Act of Parliament.
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