After years of working with outdated computers, students of the University of Guyana (UG) are finally privy to an upgrade thanks to a three-year $60 million agreement between the institution and GT&T.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed earlier this year and encompassed the refurbishment and replacement of computer hardware and software in the computer lab of UG’s Centre for Information Technology (CIT). CIT was officially commissioned a decade ago by then president Bharrat Jagdeo.
Paulette Paul, Public Relations Officer of UG, explained at the commissioning yesterday that the agreement will see the provision of 153 computers for use by both teachers and students. Fifty-seven of these computers, she said, will be for internet use while the remaining amount was for teaching purposes. “Since I came to this university I’ve signed over 20 agreements; this is the first one I’ve started seeing the fruit of…,” UG Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi said. Opadeyi explained that the