 ug vicechancellor calls in cid ug vicechancellor calls in cid ug vicechancellor calls in cid webmaster tue 4042017 1219 university of guyana vicechancellor professor ivelaw lloyd griffith has asked the criminal investigation department cid of the guyana police force to launch an investigation into the operations of the centre for information technology cit following the levelling of serious allegations of theft of equipment from the centre and misconduct of staff members the manager of the centre and several employees have been sent on leave as an interim measure to allow the investigation to proceed without disruption of evidence and to preserve a safe orderly and professional work environment a temporary manager has been identified to oversee the operations of the centre during the conduct of the investigation in meeting with the relevant cit staff and cid officials yesterday vicechancellor griffith voiced his commitment to having the appropriate action taken by the police after the investigation ends additionally the ministry of public telecommunication has been asked to conduct a forensic audit of the cit operations at the turkeyen and berbice campuses and the four centers of the institute of distance and continuing education located at anna regina georgetown linden and new amsterdam the audit begins today vicechancellor has briefed the presidents of the two university unions and the students society as well as relevant university leaders on the development he also wishes to assure the university community that the centre s service to students and staff will be normal while the cid conducts its comprehensive investigation and the ministry of public telecommunications undertakes an institutionwide audit of the cit which has been plagued with multiple challenges for some time ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 60 under graduate and postgraduate programmes including the natural sciences engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and the ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division april 4 4017 cid cit vicechancellor investigation 