 the university of guyana s faculty of engineering and technology for accreditation with abet the university of guyana s faculty of engineering and technology for accreditation with abet dominicbraam fri 6052020 1415 the university of guyana faculty of engineering and technology in partnership with the united states embassy in georgetown on june 3 2020 hosted a zoom webinar titled a university in transition accreditation for a sustaina ble economy ease the purpose of the webinar was to discuss accreditation of the university of guyana s faculty of engineering and technology fet programmes the fet will be seeking accreditation with the accreditation board for engineering and technology abet which certifies the quality of postsecondary education and provides assurance that programmes meet toptier global quality standards for engineering the accreditation process is being guided by an abet committee comprising a four member team under the leadership of us fulbright scholar to the university of guyana professor norman munroe a guyanese born professor at florida state university who has spent the last year at ug working with the committee on accreditation the other members are dr anna perreira lecturer department of architecture and head of fet research ms elena trim head department of mechanical engineering and mr anil james industrial liaison officer fet accreditation is being sought for the architectural industrial mechanical civil and electrical engineering pro grammes the longterm objective of the faculty is to build the necessary human capital quality graduates for the in dustrial sectors including the new oil gas industry the lengthy process of accreditation includes several abet established quality standards criteria have to be met in or der for the programmes to be accredited selfstudy assessment student input programme educational objectives student outcomes continuous improvement policy and processes curriculum faculty facilities and institutional support explained professor munroe during her welcome remarks us ambassador ms sarah annlynch explained that accreditation will help ug to achieve global quality standards she assured that the us embassy stands ready to help the university of guyana in this regard we ug need to recognise that knowledge production is linked to economic competitiveness therefore the new dis pensation of the university of guyana is trending towards online learning and research we need to define new roles in the information system and grasp its range of possibilities this includes investment in human capital for sustainable de velopment cited professor edward greene he also thanked everyone and intoned the importance of ug in the regional education system and in ensuring a sustainable and viable caribbean region professor paloma mohamed martin deputy vice chancellor philanthropy alumni and civic engagement pace and chair of the ug transitional management committee tmc said the university of guyana s blueprint holds out 7 aspirational goals for ug and one is to be a model of the nation in every way therefore professional quality is high on the university s agenda hence the accreditation of several of the programmes is being prioritised bearing in mind that the process and the prize of accreditation are resource intensive the university had prioritised labs human resources and curriculum relevancy in this year s budget prof mohamed congratulated the team and thanked everyone for their contributions to the process thus far ug serves the country well with its graduates and the institution is critical for the oil and gas sector and guyana ex plained mr ron henson from cgx guyana like the us ambassador he endorsed the importance of ug achieving internationally recognised standards these standards would give students confidence in the quality of education being received from the university of guy ana along with recognition and acknowledgement around the world it will also present opportunities to create links and networking in society explained mr joshua trotman student work group representative of the fet guyana has the potential to become the richest country in the world explained mr vincent adams executive direc tor of the environmental protection agency epa we have the resources however education is needed education attracts foreign investment thus raising the standard of ug is especially important and abet accreditation is long overdue the event was chaired by ms violeta talandis us embassy public affairs officer welcome remarks were given by ms sarahann lynch us ambassador in guyana opening remarks by prof eddie greene chancellor university of guyana prof paloma mohamedmartin deputy vice chancellor philanthropy alumni and civic engagement pace and chair of the ug transitional management committee tmc spoke about the role of fet s in guyana s workforce development us fulbright scholar and fiu professor professor norman munroe dr anna perreira lec turer department of architecture and head of fet research ms elena trim head department of mechanical engi neering and mr anil james industrial liaison officer fet elaborated on abet accreditation of engineering pro grammes endorsements were made by the following abet constituents mr rod henson exxon representative em ployer representative mr stuart hughes guyana association of professional engineers industry representative mr vincent adams executive director environmental protection agency epa alumni representative and student rep resentative mr joshua trotman student fet closing remarks were given by ms verlyn klass dean of the faculty of engineering technology public relations division june 5 2020 ug s faculty of engineering and technology for accreditation with abet  