The Min­istry of Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion and Skills Train­ing (MTEST) has wel­comed a de­ci­sion by The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies (UWI) to not in­crease tu­ition fees at the St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued to­day, the min­istry said the de­ci­sion was tak­en by the UWI Uni­ver­si­ty Coun­cil dur­ing a meet­ing held on May 8, 2026.

Ac­cord­ing to the re­lease, the out­come fol­lowed sus­tained en­gage­ment and di­rect rep­re­sen­ta­tion by the Gov­ern­ment through the Min­istry of Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion and Skills Train­ing re­gard­ing pro­posed tu­ition fee in­creas­es at the cam­pus.