Tertiary Education Minister Dr Prakash Persad has expressed ‘shock and concern’ over students being informed that the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) will open at its Debe Campus.

He charged that The UWI principal Prof Rose-Marie Belle Antoine was out of place to inform students of such.

An e-mail dated March 18, 2026, was sent to students from UWI’s Faculty of Law dean Dr Alicia Elias-Roberts stating, “I write to inform you that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has mandated the relocation of the Faculty of Law by August 2026 to the new UWI South Campus, Debe.”