GUG encourages video conferencing for lectures to accommodate Gozitan students
The Gozo University Group (GUG) has called for the provision of video conferencing services to accommodate Gozitan students and help them with their excessive travel times each day.
The group was commenting about a permit issued for the enlargement and development of the Gozo University Campus, and while it welcomed the move it also highlighted ways to help Gozitan students in the short term.
The Planning Authority has issued the needed permits for the enlargement and development of the Gozo University Campus. Education Minister Evarist Bartolo, has said that a plan is in development for the improvement of the facilities offered there.
The University’s Gozo Campus, situated in Xewkija has been the topic of discussion between many commuting students.
The mysterious building, in which one can find courses such as Diploma in Gozo Studies as well as Diploma in Lace Studies, has been criticised for not schooling students in subjects like law and medicine. The problem is that the building is not in the best shape to receive a huge number of students to its halls, so the University of Malta gives courses which have considerably smaller classes such as Bachelor of Arts and Diploma in Commerce.
Many students hope that their courses are offered there so as to reduce the time wasted to travel all the way to Malta. It takes a person around two hours to travel from one island to another, providing that traffic is not bad and that bus number X1 is on time. This makes every second of the day precious.
A solution to this problem could be that during the stressful months of January and May, lectures could be streamed live to the Gozo Campus through video conferencing, thus reducing the stressful commute.
The Minister has said that these new plans could potentially make the campus accommodate more students. This way more courses could be taken up and make it much easier to be a Gozitan Student.
The GUG hopes that the authorities live up to their promises and that they help make Gozitan student life far less stressful.