…in drive to encourage higher education

The Roseau Cooperative Credit Union Ltd (RCCU) recently launched a new

Programme, “Learn While You Earn” for encouraging employed persons to

pursue higher education while maintaining income.

“Learn While You Earn” gives RCCU members and the public access to special

education loans for pursuing local, correspondence  and online programmes. These

loans are available to employed persons already pursuing studies as well as

those planning to enroll.  Parents can apply for this special loan for a son or

daughter who is not yet employed and who wishes to pursue studies through a

local or online programme.

Tertiary education is no longer an option but a necessity in these competitive

times.  RCCU is encouraging members to acquire knowledge and skills for

improving their  performance on the job, and to get qualified for positioning

themselves for a promotion or a career move. By staying in Dominica and getting 

qualified, “on-the-job” students can cut education costs and gain valuable

experience on the job.

RCCU believes “The Learn While you Earn” programme will support national human

resource development goals including goals to have a graduate in every household

by the year 2020, and a more highly educated workforce.

This new initiative highlights the Credit Union’s continuing contribution to

national development since its establishment in 1951. RCCU, an indigenous

financial cooperative, has helped shape Dominica’s socio-economic landscape and 

raised the  standard of living of Dominicans by providing safe access to

financial services including credit  for higher education, home ownership and

small business over the past 57 years.