Dr Janet Lynch-Forde, the librarian, and Mrs Young. Women also account for most of its teaching staff. Mrs Young was impressed by the progress made by women in St Lucia where she found them doing well in all spheres. Dr Louisy, the first woman principal of the college who herself studied as a Commonwealth scholar in Quebec, Canada, offered one possible explanation for this advancement. She said men in education tended to leave the profession for the commercial sector, the civil service or politics while women stayed on.
Men get itchy feet.
Another reason was women's desire to be economically independent, a phenomenon repeated throughout the rest of the Commonwealth Caribbean where women seem to be making equally impressive progress. Mrs Young said she was enjoying her stay in St Lucia. I like the country, the people and the relaxed atmosphere. It's an interesting and challenging job as I am helping to design and develop a new computerised financial system. I enjoy the support of the principal, the registrar and other colleagues without which I could not do a proper job.