The Minister who was delivering the keynote address at Morgan State University’s Honors Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, April 5, 2007, in Baltimore, Maryland, said with the establishment of the Caricom Single Market Economy (CSME) there is greater opportunity for employment within the region. The minister emphasized that barriers that previously existed are no longer in place.

The Minister said “with the free movement of labor entitled the right to seek employment in any member state and the elimination of the need for worker permit and permit for stay”. Mr. Hylton also pointed out that the implementation of free movement skills is now on a phase approach, but the ultimate goal by CSME is to have the free movement for all by the year 2009.

Minister Hylton who is an alumnus of Morgan State University told the large gathering “historically there has been a very strong mutual beneficial relationship between Morgan State University and many countries in the developing world, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean. This, he said, was due in a large measure to the number of international students and consequently the number of alumni. The Minister pointed out that countries such as Jamaica have benefited tremendously from the expertise of graduates from Morgan State University and in return the University has also benefited directly from their expertise as almost fifty percent of the faculty at MSU is of international background, with the Caribbean contributing with over twenty-five percent.


JIS, Washington, DC
Derrick A. Scott

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