The Northern Caribbean’s University Western Regional Campus located in Montego Bay, St. James.

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By: Akeelia Hamilton| Western Regional Correspondent

Montego Bay, St. James- Students from the Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU) Western Regional Campus in Montego Bay have shared that the virtual semester was off to a good start with little to no challenges experienced when classes commenced on September 7, 2020.

The Hilltop Trumpet has learnt from several students from the campus that there were little to no roadblocks as it relates to contact with teachers, classroom, atmosphere or the manoeuvring of the university’s Aeorion System.

Second-year Psychology Major, Britney- Ann Marsh said the class atmosphere has been good and refreshing, adding that teachers have made the experience friendly and accommodating.

Second-year Social Work student, Nalese Smith, also said: aside from the uncertainty of how reliable the electricity and internet will be, currently, I do not see any problems with having online classes.”

When asked if there were any problems with classes on the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, the platform used to conduct online classes, Smith, replied: “I honestly thought that there would have been more problems for the proceeding of classes, the lecturers were punctual and classes have been very engaging.”

The Western Regional Campus is situated on the grounds of the West Jamaica Conference, in Mt. Salem, St. James, and caters to day and evening school students from the parishes of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland.