 ug launches centre of excellence for teaching and learning ug launches centre of excellence for teaching and learning ug launches centre of excellence for teaching and learning webmaster thu 2142019 1523  ministry of education photo  the university of guyana yesterday launched the centre of excellence for teaching and learning coetal dedicated to teaching and learning scholarship yesterday s launching ceremony which involved the hosting of a symposium at the school of entrepreneurship and business innovation lecture hall was attended by minister of education moe nicolette henry and professor percy hintzen director of african and african diaspora affairs at the florida international university the ceremony was followed by the installation of the centre s advisory board located at the university s turkeyen campus according to a press release from the education ministry coetal will provide a menu of services and programmes which will be focused on teaching and learning scholarship in the keynote address delivered by professor hintzen a correlation was made between the quality of teaching and the learning abilities of students he said among other important points that it must be appreciated that students have a lot to offer their teachers he said that if this is understood the students can produce new horizons of possibilities according to professor hintzen excellent teaching can produce excellent learners the moe reported meanwhile henry noted that the education system must evolve to provide a platform for the permanent exchange of ideas in this regard she lauded the university for this latest initiative commending the institution for pursuing student learning as a primary goal and working to provide a dynamic highly studentcentred learning environment where excellence in teaching is recognised and rewarded without adequate higher education and research institutions providing a critical mass of skilled and educated people guyana cannot ensure genuine endogenous and sustainable development which is imperative to reduce the gap separating guyana from the industrially developed countries the minister stated alluding to the looming demand for greater diversification in higher education given the advent of the developing petroleum sector the ministry further reported that the members of the advisory board appointed to manage the affairs of the centre are paulette paul ug lenandlar singh ug dr jacqueline murray ug idce maureen bynoe ug kara lord ug kelvin bovell ug sekhar mallampati ug fidel captain ug donette washington ug dr theodosius velloza ug yulette park alternate viola rowe cpce patrice lafleur unesco and an moe representative news source  https wwwstabroeknewscom 2019 news guyana 214 uglaunchescentre    