 ug gov t to sign mou to upgrade internet at ug campuses ug gov t to sign mou to upgrade internet at ug campuses ug gov t to sign mou webmaster tue 4182017 641 the national data management authority ndma of the ministry of public telecommunications and the university of guyana will soon cosign a vital agreement to significantly upgrade the internet and other ict platforms on all university of guyana campuses and centres around the country this collaboration which began in late 2016 involved highest level negotiations between minister of public telecommunications catherine hughes and vice chancellor professor dr ivelaw griffith according to a release from the ministry the university s technical team was led by professor paloma mohamedmartin deputy vice chancellor of philantrophy alumni and civic engagement and communications dr fitzgerald yaw director of the office of strategic initiatives and rayman khan of the centre for information technology the ndma s technical team was led by its chairman floyd levi and included dr samantha scotland and director malcolm williams two teams have been collaborating over the past few months and together they conducted a detailed assessment of the existing fibre optic system on the turkeyen tain and john s campuses to determine what additional facilities would be required to connect them as a network the collaboration has also produced a campus wifi hotspot system and saw the installation of two stateoftheart teleconferencing suites at turkeyen and tain these will be used in online delivery of courses between the campuses in guyana and with international institutions the campus fibre network will also be connected to the georgetown fibre optic network the release noted at the signing the university is expected to demonstrate the uses of the teleconferencing suite a gift from huawei technologies of china which the ndma has reconfigured for compatibility with the local fibre network the collaboration between the university and ndma also includes some key synergies at the ministry s centre of excellence in information technology ceit which is located on the turkeyen campus the parties have committed to sharing research instructional skills and materials the ceit is funded by the government of india for the ministry of public telecommunications this is a key element in its national ict initiative which has education as its main pillar from the university s platform the administration is gearing to achieve optimal delivery of tertiary level tutelage by upgrading the physical and technological infrastructure and guyana s human capital the mou is expected to be signed by minister catherine hughes and vice chancellor professor dr ivelaw griffith by the end of april 2017 article adapted from  http guyanachroniclecom 20170413 uggovttosignmoutoupgradeinternetatugcampuses internet information technology ministry of public telecommunications 