President Ali initiates talks with UWI to train 20,000 Guyanese in 5 years

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Ramakant-P

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is currently negotiating an agreement with the Government of Guyana to help train up to 20,000 nationals over the next five years, through the UWI Open Campus.

UWI has been invited by Guyana’s President, Dr Irfaan Ali, to help drive forward Guyana’s human resource (HR) development strategy.
UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles held a virtual meeting with Dr Ali earlier this month in which they discussed a strategy for the country’s future described as “exciting, sustainable, and on the cutting edge of Caribbean governance”.

“This represents an opportunity not only to help build a fellow Caricom nation’s capital infrastructure for economic, social and cultural development but also to bring the University’s internationally-recognised brand of excellence into the country,” the UWI said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The diversity and richness of the UWI’s academic programmes, which have been carefully curated over decades, is well suited to help support the people of Guyana during this phase of their development,” the University added.
Dr Ali, a graduate of UWI himself, has called upon the University to be “very aggressive” in producing the business plan that will allow it to deliver. The President has identified all areas of human resource development that Guyana urgently needs.
In response, Professor Beckles has assured the President that UWI saw Guyana as part of its environment.
The UWI Vice-Chancellor said he was excited by this “grand invitation” to enter Guyana to assist with its rebuilding process, thus helping its people to meet their full potential as members of one of the most dynamics in the Region.
“This is as exciting as anything we have done in any region in the world because we are on the margin of one of the largest societies, one of the biggest economies and, arguably, one of the most dynamic going forward,” Professor Beckles posited.
The University said it was greatly honoured to be part of Guyana’s roadmap to development. A meeting is being planned between UWI and relevant Ministers of the Government of Guyana.
VC Beckles is confident that the Council of the UWI would endorse this worthwhile and much-needed project. He has already spoken with the UWI’s Chancellor, Robert Bermudez, who agreed that it must and should be undertaken.
It was noted that the collaboration between UWI and Guyana was particularly exciting in the context of the University’s Triple -A Strategy, which focuses on revitalising Caribbean development through the application of three areas of focus: Access, Alignment, and Agility.
“At a point in Caribbean history when the Region is facing significant challenges due to the global economic downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and political upheaval in countries that are major trade partners, such as the United States, the relevance of The UWI’s input and influence is even greater.
“In the words of Vice-Chancellor Beckles, the Caribbean is at “a moment of convergence”, a point in its collective history in which intra-regional collaboration and mutual support will be the key to successful nation-building. The UWI’s role in propelling the people of the Region along a progressive path to prosperity has never been more important,” the University stated.
Guyana’s recent discovery of massive oil resources has the potential over the course of the next few years to transform the country from one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere to one of the most prosperous in the Region.
The country anticipates a significant increase in demand for skilled labour in many sectors beyond energy, as increased GDP translates over time into an increasingly prosperous country and population. The Government is now exploring several options to train Guyanese to take advantage of the opportunities available and to help push this development forward.
For over 70 years, the UWI has provided service and leadership to the Caribbean Region and the wider world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally-respected regional university with nearly 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda, and an Open Campus.
The UWI offers over 800 certificates, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport.

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Ramakant-PSenior Member

Pokaram, Did you hear that?

Dr. Irfaan Ali is a graduate of UWI.

11/19/205:44 PM

lil boyNew Member

How about upgrading UG so you don't have to go to UWI?

11/20/2012:07 AM

DjangoAdmin

@lil boy posted:
How about upgrading UG so you don't have to go to UWI?

How will people get payback for granting Phd to an unqualified candidate ? since oil was found lots of people and entities drooling to get a piece of the pie.

11/20/207:37 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@lil boy posted:
How about upgrading UG so you don't have to go to UWI?

How about it? Do you think that it is a bad idea for the Government to give 4000 scholarships each year for 5 years?

11/20/2010:07 AM

TotaramSenior Member

@Django posted:
How will people get payback for granting Phd to an unqualified candidate ? since oil was found lots of people and entities drooling to get a piece of the pie.

This is exactly what is going on. Jacob Opadeyi appears to have a hand in this and is the crook who is behind the Ph.D. fiasco that has severely tarnished the reputation of UWI.

11/20/2010:16 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Totaram posted:
This is exactly what is going on. Jacob Opadeyi appears to have a hand in this and is the crook who is behind the Ph.D. fiasco that has severely tarnished the reputation of UWI.

Is it still going on? If it is then UWI should not merge with UG. There is no deal done and it can be stopped. Is that what you want?

11/20/2010:46 AM

MitwahSenior Member

@Ramakant-P posted:
Is it still going on? If it is then UWI should not merge with UG. There is no deal done and it can be stopped. Is that what you want?

He wants you to wake up and not be schupid.

11/20/2010:52 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
He wants you to wake up and not be schupid.

You are insane.

11/20/206:06 PM

MitwahSenior Member

Rama is it true, you were testing and packing circuit boards at Nortel?

11/20/208:27 PM

TotaramSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
Rama is it true, you were testing and packing circuit boards at Nortel?

And in the process his brain got short circuited?

11/20/208:32 PM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
Rama is it true, you were testing and packing circuit boards at Nortel?

As I said your are insane.

11/21/209:28 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Totaram posted:
And in the process his brain got short circuited?

You are a bridge top coolie.

11/21/209:29 AM

TotaramSenior Member

@Ramakant-P posted:
You are a bridge top coolie.

Bridge top coolie? That's a new one.

11/21/209:41 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Totaram posted:
Bridge top coolie? That's a new one.

You were one of the coolies who sat on the bridge and crack stupid jokes.

11/21/209:42 AM

TotaramSenior Member

@Ramakant-P posted:
You were one of the coolies who sat on the bridge and crack stupid jokes.

Which bridge? A bridge over troubled waters? Demerara Bridge? Canje Bridge? Berbice Big Bridge where Buxton Big Bus Brokedown? Buxton Bridge? Was one of the jokes about toasted punani?

11/21/209:48 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Totaram posted:
Which bridge? A bridge over troubled waters? Demerara Bridge? Canje Bridge? Berbice Big Bridge where Buxton Big Bus Brokedown? Buxton Bridge? Was one of the jokes about toasted punani?

A man was dying and his family and friends went to his house to wish him well on his next life. Then he turned to his wife and told her that he has a confession to make but she said that she doesn't want to hear it.

He told her that he is going to say it anyhow and she should listen because he is still her husband. He said darling, "I am sorry. I slept with your cousin, auntie, your sister, and her best friend." His wife said," yes, I know, and that why me poison yu rass".

11/21/209:59 AM

seignetSenior Member

@Ramakant-P posted:
A man was dying and his family and friends went to his house to wish him well on his next life. Then he turned to his wife and told her that he has a confession to make but she said that she doesn't want to hear it.
He told her that he is going to say it anyhow and she should listen because he is still her husband. He said darling, "I am sorry. I slept with your cousin, auntie, your sister, and her best friend." His wife said," yes, I know, and that why me poison yu rass".

A good wan.

11/21/2010:03 AM

MitwahSenior Member

@Ramakant-P posted:
A man was dying and his family and friends went to his house to wish him well on his next life. Then he turned to his wife and told her that he has a confession to make but she said that she doesn't want to hear it.
He told her that he is going to say it anyhow and she should listen because he is still her husband. He said darling, "I am sorry. I slept with your cousin, auntie, your sister, and her best friend." His wife said," yes, I know, and that why me poison yu rass".

Rama that's a lot of toasted punani.

11/21/2010:06 AM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
Rama that's a lot of toasted punani.

You could learn from that?

If you ever fool around, don't make the mistake and tell your wife.

11/21/2010:16 AM

TolaSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
Rama is it true, you were testing and packing circuit boards at Nortel?

Now we know why new cct boards come from the factory, defective and wrong.

I photographed a wedding in Toronto for a guy who work at Nortel and Rama was there.

11/21/2010:47 AM

cainTired old hippie

But the question is...was he invited?

11/21/2012:52 PM

Ramakant-PSenior Member

@Tola posted:
Now we know why new cct boards come from the factory, defective and wrong.
I photographed a wedding in Toronto for a guy who work at Nortel and Rama was there.

All your photos were spoiled. It looks as if photography was not your cup of tea.

11/21/201:00 PM

MitwahSenior Member

@Tola posted:
Now we know why new cct boards come from the factory, defective and wrong.
I photographed a wedding in Toronto for a guy who work at Nortel and Rama was there.

That must have been his cousin Savitree wedding.

11/21/203:22 PM

TolaSenior Member

@Mitwah posted:
That must have been his cousin Savitree wedding.

Savitree ring a bell that Rama had around he neck. So people can avoid him staggered around the wedding party, falling a few times from drinking too much white rum. wavey