UTech, Ja Annual Report 2017-18

University of Technology, Jamaica “Pioneering Past; Bright Future ” ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 49 Sponsorship Income & Impact A comparative analysis between 2017/18 and 2016/17 in Table 1.2 (above) indicates a noticeable decrease in overall sponsorship levels of approximately 15% in value of sponsorship support provided for students; with the SLB being the only exception. Quite noteworthy is the fact that the SLB provided the largest level of sponsorship, representing 86% of total sponsorship income for 2017/18. Other governmental sponsors provided approximately 7% while international sponsors provided 5% of total sponsorship income. Earn and Study Programme Table 1.4 and Figure 1.3 below indicate that for the 2017/18 fiscal year, a total of 331 students were employed on the Earn & Study Programme across the three semesters on both the Regular and Expanded Programmes. The current combined cost of the programme is approximately $31.2 Million Dollars ($31,278,004.50). Table 1.3: Earn And Study Programme Analysis 2009/10 – 2017/18 YEARS COBAM FENC FOBE COHS & JCMOHVS FOSS FELS FOL TOTAL AMOUNT $$$ 2009/10 153 102 15 54 0 81 3 408 26,348,252.00 2010/11 152 181 28 40 42 98 17 558 30,888,969.00 2011/12 203 183 35 82 69 100 23 695 52,280,537.00 2012/13 179 173 35 66 67 135 22 677 44,441,515.00 2013/14 106 90 21 44 39 75 16 391 35,379,734.50 2014/15 95 96 10 43 29 62 19 354 29,837,334.50 2015/16 99 73 15 41 26 72 14 340 24,919,010.50 2016/17 93 82 10 41 26 49 7 308 27,087,203.00 2017/18 121 79 17 50 20 39 5 331 31,278,004.50 TOTAL 1201 1059 186 461 318 711 126 4062 302,460,560.00