UG Science and Technology Support

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The objective of the University of Guyana (UG) Science and Technology Support Project for Guyana is to strengthen the four science and technology faculties at UG through infrastructure, research and curricular improvements while building the basis for improved facilities management and future growth. There are three components to the project. the first component is improving education quality: this component will support to a) carrying out of a science curriculum reform process by updating existing curricula and/or reorienting the existing curricula of UG aimed to support the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), and (b) carrying out of selected research relevant to the LCDS through the provision of research grants to selected UG lecturers; the second component is infrastructure rehabilitation: this component will support a) rehabilitation and/or improvement of existing science laboratory buildings of four (4) faculties located within the UG, (b) provision of scientific and multimedia equipment to the existing science laboratory buildings, and (c) establishment of a campus wide internet network within UG to connect its faculties and libraries to the internet and to prepare UG to connect it into an international link; and the third component is institutional capacity building: this component will support to building of institutional capacity within UG through the provision of technical assistance on managerial and administrative capacities and strategic business planning matters, and honoraria to selected UG staff for carrying out Project tasks.