CMU proposes special economic zone for St Thomas campus

President of the Caribbean Maritime University, Professor Fritz Pinnock, says a special economic zone would be created at the proposed St. Thomas campus of the institution.

“I am really pleased that the Government endorsed us going to St. Thomas to set up another campus. We are now looking at a 364-acre property and we are going to be setting up that economic zone there. We are going to bring a new concept to education,” Professor Pinnock told JIS News.

“We are inviting high-end companies to set up within the university. We are not just there to educate, we are there to integrate education and business; so that will be a research and development centre; a centre for production for the high-end part of advanced manufacturing,” he added.

He noted that half of the campus would be used to create the zone adding that several partners have already expressed interest in the project.

“Once we get the go-ahead, we will be running with this project. I am very happy that Jamaica is putting education to lead the transformation of investment. Jamaica’s greatest resource is our human capital, so it is good that we are going to put them first,” he said.

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