 ug berbice campus hosts career fair and open day ug berbice campus hosts career fair and open day webmaster mon 4082019 920  students exposed to careerguiding information  participated in several edutainment sessions dpi guyana saturday april 6 2019 the university of guyana ug hosted its annual career fair and open day at its tain berbice campus on april 5 the event was attended by hundreds of students from various primary and secondary schools across regions 5 and 6 in attendance too were representatives from both government and private agencies in his keynote address vicechancellor and principal of the university of guyana professor ivelaw lloyd griffith reminded the packed auditorium about the importance of education professor griffith encouraged the pupils to take advantage of all levels of education that guyana has to offer and to focus on achieving excellence when you come to the university of guyana or whatever university you go to don t take education for granted use it to be an agent of change he emphasised also making remarks was director of university of guyana berbice campus ugbc professor gomathinayagam subramanian who acknowledged the organisers for hosting a successful programme he also extended appreciation to the pupils who attended the edifying initiative during the day s proceedings students took advantage of the close to 30 booths that were set up across the university s lawns they were provided with information about different companies and institutions in guyana the viewers were also fortunate to participate in experiments and interactive sessions where they were given tokens for their correct answers speaking to the department of public information dpi was fourth former and student of the new amsterdam multilateral secondary school amera khan who explained how intrigued she is by the knowledge gained from the oneday fair khan who aspires to be an accountant said i think today was really good i got to see everything i am in the business stream and so i visited the accounts booth and saw the different items that they displayed and the information they handed out amazed me i think this activity today was very educative because most students got to understand each and every booth shivanie only name given from the berbice educational institue commented when asked which booth grabbed her interest the third form student noted the social work programme by studying this area you learn about human beings their relationships and how you can understand them shivanie explained the aim of the open day and career fair is to apprise the students about the various options available to them so that they can make informed decisions it is the third such event to be hosted at the tain campus story and images kellon rover  newsource  https dpigovgy ugberbicecampushostscareerfairandopenday  ug berbice campus hosts career fair and open day  