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<p><strong>Ms. Bernice Trotz – Herbs and Spices Garden</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

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<p><strong>A Teachers’ Guide to Constructing Test Items</strong></p>

<p>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.”</p>

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<p><strong>Colloquial Storybook, “Mi Staar Gyal a Yu”</strong></p>

<p>“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 student-teacher Ms. Colleen Fraser partnered with the Inter- Agency Standing Committee (IASC) in aid of teaching Guyana’s children about the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyanese creole.</p>

<p>The translators sought to offer information on ‘Hou piknii kyan fait KOVID-19’ 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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><strong>Print-On-Demand Publishing Technology Service</strong></p>

<p>Dr Kumar Mahabir is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana. His Print-on- 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.</p>
