Gain a practical understanding of gender and its influence on all spheres of life: social, economic, political, and personal; and an appreciation of its impact on national development with the Diploma in Gender and Development Studies.  The programme aims to develop in participants:
1.    An awareness of how gender shapes personal consciousness and interpersonal relationships and determines the social, political and economic inequalities between men and women in Caribbean society;
2.    The ability to uses gender as a tool of analysis in the development of projects, programmes and policies, and so make them more responsive to the specific needs of women and men.

The diploma programme is specifically designed for women and men working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Women’s Bureaux, church related organisations, community and international development agencies, social service agencies and national planning institutions.

Applicants should meet lower level matriculation requirements which include:

1.    Holders of five (5) CXC-CSEC or GCE ‘O’ Level passes or equivalent, not necessarily obtained at the same sitting, as follows:
    (i)    English (A), and
    (ii)   Mathematics or a foreign language, or an approved science (not Health Science), or additional Mathematics or Geography
    (iii)   Three (3) other approved subjects not already counted above.

2.    Persons over the age of 21 on the basis of their overall academic and professional attainments.

Holders of one of the approved certificates from the School of Continuing Studies with an acceptable pass in English Language