The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) is currently exploring ways in which the Social Work programmes and possibly the Sociology programme offered by the University of Guyana (UG) could be made more applicable to the needs of the ministry’s social workers.
A MoHSSS release last week disclosed that Minister, Dr Vindhya Persaud and Deputy Permanent Secretary Anjanie Ramlall, held talks with Senior UG Lecturer and Sociologist Andrew Hicks, and Coordinator of Post-Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology Debbie Hopkinson at the Ministry’s East and Lamaha streets location to discuss the matter.
“We want them to look at areas that are not captured by the current programme so that when someone graduates from UG with the degrees, they can fill some of the existing specialized gaps with regard to children and elderly, among others”, Persaud explained. A major focus of the meeting also had to do with the licensing of social workers.