 ug s technology faculty to be among key beneficiaries of 100m ggmc grant ug s technology faculty to be among key beneficiaries of 100m ggmc grant ug s technology faculty to be among key beneficiaries of 100m ggmc grant webmaster mon 10302017 732 the guyana geology and mines commission ggmc through the ministry of natural resources has awarded a grant for a total of 100 million to the university of guyana ug for the faculty of technology supporting programmes research and scholarships minister of natural resources raphael trotman who engineered the grant and ug vicechancellor prof ivelaw griffith signed the memorandum of understanding mou for the grant described as one of the biggest the university has received at the latter s office yesterday according to deputy vicechancellor professor paloma mohamedmartin the grant was negotiated over an 11month period as the ggmc had to satisfy certain conditions under its act in order for the money to be disbursed a cheque for 45 million was handed over by the minister and mohamedmartin explained that the remaining 55 million would be used to purchase needed equipment and supplies for the faculty of technology another 15 million will go towards training and scholarships at the institution and 16 million will go towards the improvement of classrooms and teaching facilities for allied and supporting programmes in the faculties of health sciences earth and environmental sciences humanities social sciences natural sciences agriculture the institute of distance and continuing education idce and the tain campus in berbice funding will also be channeled towards supporting the school of entrepreneurship and business innovation programmes with an emphasis on the natural resources sector and to support research curriculum review and development processes marketing media and stakeholder consultations ug yesterday said that the ggmc has been a longstanding partner of the faculties of technology and earth and environmental sciences in particular the geology department to which the commission has granted significant sums in the past has been the main beneficiary the new mou provides for the design and execution of geology mining engineering and geological engineering programmes retooling and equipping of the geological laboratory to the tune of 55m curriculum design and enhancement and provision of laboratory services to the mining sector collaboration with other government agencies or private entities on areas of common interest for the purpose of participation in research projects for various areas particularly in the geology mining engineering and geological engineering programmes collaboration on students internship attachments with ggmc sharing technical publications based on assignments of the programmes done by scholars of gmmc and collaboration on annual renewal of the agreement in brief remarks at the signing ggmc commissioner newell dennison said the commission will continue to support ug as it would like to see a university grounded in research and scholarships he said while minister trotman had promised the support it was for the commission to figure out how this could be provided for trotman on the other hand pointed out that by supporting the university the ministry is investing in youths who are the future he described the new mou as the basis for a renewed and enhanced relationship between ggmc and the university and added that it is also a testimony of their pride in the institution and the fact that it is in good hands the minister also noted that while guyana is going to soon be an oil producing state the other pillars of the economy such as gold and diamond mining should not be forgotten article adapted from  https wwwstabroeknewscom 2017 news stories 1024 ugstechnologyfacultytobeamongkeybeneficiariesof100  mou ministry of natural resources geology and mines commission oil gas technology faculty of technology 