Application Forms
Applicants are required to complete a standard MIND Programme/Course application form. Application forms are widely distributed to human resource and training managers and are also available at MIND’s website at www.mind.edu.jm. Also, at your request application forms will be faxed, mailed or delivered to your organisation.

Application Deadlines
We encourage all applicants to submit completed application forms three weeks before the start of each course. This enables timely administration of our courses by Customer Service. The final deadline for all late applications is three days before the course starts.

Submitting Applications
Completed application forms are to be returned to Customer Service at the MIND campus to which the applications pertain. Completed application forms may also be returned by e-mail to:
•Hope, Kingston: customerservice@mind.edu.jm
•Mandeville: customerservicemmlc@mind.edu.jm

Selections
Selected applicants will be notified 14 days but no less than 3 days before the start date of the programme. Late applicants are asked to contact Customer Service regarding selection.

Payments
Payment of course fees are due before the start of the course, unless credit arrangements exist between MIND and a sponsoring organization. Payments may be made by deposit to MIND’s bank account #4215-10 at Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited, Liguanea, Kingston Branch by means of the MIND lodgement voucher provided to selected applicants; by credit or debit card; by electronic transfer to our bank; or directly to the accounting section at each campus.

Payment Plan
MIND’s “Pay As U Learn” Easy Payment Plan, is available to self-sponsored applicants, for specified courses. Full information may be obtained from Customer Service.

Schedules
The Agency reserves the right to reschedule courses due to insufficient participation. Registered participants will be notified of all rescheduled courses.

Registration Fee
All course fees include a non-refundable registration fee of $650.00.

Refund Policy
Course fees may be refunded in full (less registration fee) prior to the commencement of the course. Refunds will generally not be possible after the course commences, however, consideration will be given in extreme situations (such as serious illness) provided appropriate evidence is presented. All requests for refunds must be made in writing to the Director of Finance & Resource, MIND, 235A Old Hope Road, Kingston 6.

OBTAINING FURTHER INFORMATION ON A COURSE

For more detailed information on any MIND course, please contact the relevant training division (Division of Leadership and Professional Developement, Division of Finance and Organisational Administration, MIND Mandeville Centre for Lifelong Learning), through which you will be referred to the appropriate course coordinator. Our course coordinators are also learning facilitators and might not always be readily available. However, they will return your call as soon as possible.

Website
Up-to-date information on courses is also posted on MIND’s website: www.mind.edu.jm.

AWARDS

On completion of each course a certificate is awarded. The certification given is determined by the nature of the programme completed:

1. Certificates of Participation are awarded for seminars and courses in which examinations and course work were not administered, but at which the participant was present for not less than 80% of the time scheduled for the course

2. Certificates of Achievement are issued on the successful completion of an examinable course/programme

3. Undergraduate Certificates are awarded by the University of the West Indies (UWI) for programmes done in collaboration with MIND

4. Diplomas are awarded for successful completion of an advanced examinable course/programme

5. Associate Degrees are awarded on the successful completion of an Associate of Science Degree programme

6. Post Graduate Diplomas are awarded to participants who successfully complete the Post Graduate Diploma courses.