 ug council decides on tuition fees and salaries ug council decides on tuition fees and salaries ug council decides on tuition fees and salaries webmaster thu 4062017 1050 following intense discussion the march 30 extraordinary meeting of the university of guyana council chaired by chancellor eon nigel harris voted to increase tuition fees in making the decision the council examined the university s projected budget deficit the pressing needs of the university and projected alternative income streams comparative data on private high schools and universities in guyana and the caribbean region were examined and the tuition and fees at all the institutions examined were found to be several times higher than those of the university of guyana ug even with the unavoidable adjustments fees at ug will still be comparatively lower the council decision will be applied to tuition fees for all programmes and for both continuing students and new students for the 20172018 academic year however input from the student society was considered leading to an incremental roll out where continuing students will now pay an increase of 15 about g 2500 a month and new students will be required to pay 18 about g 3000 a month more the council also decided to incrementally increase the tuition fee by 10 for 20182019 academic year for all students and a further 10 for all students for 20192020 at the same meeting the council also authorised the ug administration to commence negotiations with the two university unions for remuneration packages based on what the university could afford the council received clarification from the ministry of finance that the claim by the unions that the government of guyana had provided a fixed sum of money for salaries which would amount to a 15 percent salary increase was inaccurate in this context the ug administration will continue to analyse the university s budget to determine the fullest possible extent of affordability it also was stressed that staff performance will be a key factor in determining salaries and benefits whether monetary or nonmonetary  ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 60 under graduate and postgraduate programmes including the natural sciences engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and the ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division april 6 2017 tution fees salaries ug council ugss 