 other noteworthy innovations other noteworthy innovations ms bernice trotz herbs and spices garden ms bernice trotz is an agriculturist farmer and an affiliate of the faculty of agriculture and forestry ug she has created a garden on a plant stand and has chosen to grow exotic herbs and spices such as rosemary mint parsley and sweet basal this is a depiction of growing food in small spaces a teachers guide to constructing test items mr azad khan a lecturer within the faculty of education and humanities has designed a manual on test construction the new bloom taxonomy it includes the various types of items for written tests and their strengths and weaknesses 10 key things that one should consider qualities of a good test characteristics of a good test etc he said a teacher is supposed to test what is taught  colloquial storybook mi staar gyal a yu   mi staar gyal a yu is an adaptation from the storybook my hero is you in 2020 the faculty of education and humanities lecturer dr tamirand nnena de lisser and studentteacher ms colleen fraser partnered with the inter agency standing committee iasc in aid of teaching guyana s children about the covid19 pandemic in guyanese creole the translators sought to offer information on hou piknii kyan fait kovid19 by inviting both children and parents to collectively think about the questions the pandemic raises during the ug s exhibition of innovations both the storybook and the alfabet in gaiyaniiz were on display de lisser who completed her phd in general linguistics worked on developing guyanese creole into a language that can be translated written and understood proving that guyanese creole is not confined to only being an oral language one of the objectives of this innovation is to advocate that guyanese creole be embraced and recognised nationally we often correct our children to speak proper english that is the queen s language hat this does is to perpetuate the notion that who we are and what identifies us is not good enough but that is not native to us it is not the language that we socialise with our friends guyanese creole is part of the richness of our culture it is who we are ms fraser expressed printondemand publishing technology service dr kumar mahabir is a fulltime anthropologist at the university of guyana his printon demand publishing technology service is a publishing house that offers ug staff and students the ability to print and publish their academic work at a reduced cost ssmith tue 2142023 1108  