The University of Guyana, when it commences graduation convocations in March, 2021 will be embarking on a number of firsts for that tertiary institution.
This includes the first cohort of UG’s trained candidates for its Doctoral Programme in Biodiversity. The university in a press release also stated that the number of prospective graduands this year is set to break last year’s graduation record of 2133 by 367 or 17%.
As academic institutions across the globe adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic and the changes it has brought in its wake, UG will be no exception as 2500 graduates in over 50 different disciplines will participate in a series of online graduation events at the end of March 2021. Four virtual graduation ceremonies for students who have completed the requirements for Academic Year 2019/2020 will be held on March 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th. They will be grouped according to disciplines and will, for the first, time combine graduands from all the University’s campuses across the country.
The university stated that due to the need to conduct business in safe conditions, graduands will participate through a virtual march of graduate portraits to be taken in advance as well as through a live online interface. Logistics and details will be shared directly with prospective graduands via UG’s internal Students Record Management Systems and official graduation website @ https://uog.edu.gy/convocation-2020. Approved lists of prospective graduates will become available through Faculties’ official websites from March 1, 2021.
