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Higher Education in Guyana
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Companies
3 on file
University Of Guyana
The University of Guyana is Guyana’s sole national higher education institution. It was established in April 1963 with the following Mission: “To discover, generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community, the nation, and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical enquiry.” It began its operations on October 1 of the same year at Queens College compound, the nation’s premier secondary school, before moving to the Turkeyen Campus in 1970. At first, programmes were confined to the Arts, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. A Faculty of Education was created in 1967, and this was followed by the Faculty of Technology in 1969 (now Faculty of Engineering and Technology), the Faculty of Agriculture (1977) and Health Sciences (1981), the latter as an outgrowth of Natural Sciences. The Institute for Adult and Continuing Education began as an extra-mural arm, in 1976. In 1996 the Institute was renamed the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). A Forestry Unit was established in 1987 and it subsequently became part of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, and in 2003 the Faculties of Arts and Education merged to become the School of Education and Humanities (now Faculty of Education and Humanities). Additionally, the turn of the Millennium saw the formation of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES), born of the merger of the Geography Department and the Environmental Studies Unit. Also created were the Biodiversity Centre, which is pertinent to the activities pursued by SEES and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, and a Centre for Information Technology (CIT), which serves the entire university. The University of Guyana expanded in with the addition of the Berbice Campus at Tain, Corentyne. In October 2016, as part of a broader reorganisation, SEES was transformed into the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences (FEES). And in 2
501 to 1000 staff
Georgetown American University
Georgetown American University is a private institution in Guyana with a branch in the USA. The University currently has a School of Medicine, School of Allied Health Sciences, and School of Technology. Our mission is to create and nurture a diverse student body committed to offering internationally recognized opportunities for learning, discovery, and engagement.”
51 to 200 staff
Cyril Potter College Of Education Cpce
The college was established in September 1928. It was then known as the Teachers' Training Centre. Before 1928, local teachers traveled abroad for education, often in other Caribbean colleges such as Mico University College in Antigua, Shortwood Teachers College in Jamaica and Rawle College in Barbados. In 1942, the institution was renamed Government Training College for teachers (GTC). In 1963, in addition to the full-time programme (this was referred to as Pre-Service), a part-time programme (In-Service) was launched. The Pre-Service programme catered to students between the ages of 17 and 24, while the In-Service mode catered to those above the age of 24 together with relevant teaching experience. Pre Service Secondary began in January 1969. It was referred to as the Multilateral Teachers' Training Programme. It was later called the College for Secondary Teachers and renamed the Lillian Dewar College of Education in honour of a woman who had given distinctive service to secondary education in Guyana.
201 to 500 staff
