T here was consistent decline in student registration numbers, undoubtedly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, during the five-year period, AY 2018/2019– 2022/2023. We recorded 16,338 in total student enrolment in the review year, the first year of WHO’s declaration of the end of the Pandemic, down from 19,599 in 2018/2019. Therefore, with the resumption of in-person operations, our focus was to implement strategies to revive the declining admission numbers, improve student experience, support those remaining to stay engaged, enhance staff welfare, and restore campus infrastructure to full functionality for in-person engagement. To address declining student registration numbers, the Office of the Campus Registrar rolled out an extensive social media campaign to reach prospects we would not otherwise have reached through the traditional school visits. This resulted in a 23.5% increase in applicants and a 14% increase in new undergraduate student enrolment over the 2021/2022 academic year. The gender disparity on the Mona Campus is evident, as female registrants continue to outpace male registrants. Between the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 academic years, the female to male ratio at the Mona Campus was ~ 2:1. The exception is in the Faculty of Science and Technology where the female to male ratio is 1:1, in the smaller Faculties of Engineering (1:4) and Sport (1:2) where the ratio, as is expected, skewed towards the male population. In the larger Faculties of Humanities & Education (3:1), Social Sciences (2:1), and Medical Sciences (2:1) the opposite is true where female to male ratio is skewed towards the female population. This is most prominent in the 4:1 ratio for the Institute for Gender & Development Studies.
The gender disparity on the Mona Campus is evident, as female registrants continue to outpace male registrants. Between the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 academic years, the female to male ratio at the Mona Campus was ~ 2:1
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25 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
24 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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