Summary – Regional social security personnel participated in a 5-day session at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management as a part of their diploma’s requirements. The facilitator and students expressed their delight regarding the revamping of the programme after an 8-year break, with participants mentioning the knowledge gained from participation.
Bridgetown, Barbados, Sept 24, 2018 – A cohort of the revamped Executive Diploma in Social Security Management, conducted by the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management (SCHSBM), was recently hosted in Barbados for an 8-day face to face session on “Management of Social Security Funds”. Previous modules have thus far been conducted online, with participants from islands including St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and Turks and Caicos.
Facilitator for the Barbados session, Timothy Hodge, was pleased that after an 8 year hiatus, the programme could still command interest and registration from Social Security boards across the region. As a director of the Anguilla Social Security Board (ASSB), Hodge noted that there was a need for the specified training within the Caribbean especially as it relates to governance issues and statistics.
Terrance Gumbs, a Senior Accounts Clerk with the ASSB, stated that the funds management module was quite enlightening, given that while he was familiar with the topic of general fund management, the facilitator dug deeper into the material at hand and necessity of the practice within a social security context. Senior Officer at the St. Kitts Social Security Board, Kimmoy Brathwaite, in turn said that with the overall programme, she now appreciates that all those who contribute to a social security fund are trustees, and therefore have a responsibility in ensuring its maintenance and management.
The programme, which was reintroduced by Programme Director, Dr. Ann A. Wallace, will continue online again before conducting two more sessions in Barbados next year, with an expected completion date in June 2019.
– Press Release
