 ug launches innovative business school ug launches innovative business school ug launches innovative business school webmaster mon 7102017 828 in keeping with the constantly changing economic environment the university of guyana ug on friday launched its school of entrepreneurship and business innovation sebi with the aim of moving away from conventional teaching members of the private sector the education sector and other stakeholders gathered at the roraima duke lodge in kingston to witness the unveiling of the banner bearing the insignia of the new faculty the new school which is set to open at the start of the new semester in september will offer new undergraduate and graduate degrees executive degrees and shortterm programmes students who were engaged in management studies through the university s social sciences faculty will be able to continue their studies under the new school and even be able to pursue areas such as accounting finance and supply chain management among other things some of what is happening is we will be shifting the management department and offering new degree programmes such as entrepreneurship vicechancellor professor ivelaw griffith said at the opening also we will not be waiting to offer degrees because we will have a number of courses and specifically tailored programmes that can be done in days weeks and even months he added as opposed to the faculty of social sciences the school will be moving away from just creating opportunities for entrepreneurship in thinking and dreaming and looking towards entrepreneurship in doing in order to ensure the desired outcomes a thorough feasibility study into the project was done after the idea was first mooted in 2016 the process included local regional and international stakeholders who explored several ideas that were later conceptualised into the school s curriculum professor griffith alluded to the inclusivity of the project pointing out that stakeholders visited areas in regions six east berbicecorentyne two pomeroonsupenaam and 10 upper demeraraupper berbice in order to hear the views of persons who will potentially benefit from the sebi delivering the product  we have come a long way and we intend to start delivering the product this coming semester professor griffith said adding we have already sent out the implementation team members of the technical unit and other persons in all the elements of the university who are working towards the actualisation the team he said is now in the process of building the capacity of staff by hiring lecturers and administrative professionals the dean designate of sebi professor leyland lucas followed up on what the vicechancellor said adding that they have recognised the changes in the needs of the nation therefore an institution that is responsive to its needs is necessary to ensure that the nation has the right skills competence and capabilities everything we have set up here is geared towards providing the nation with what it needs to move forward in both the public and private sectors professor lucas said their mandate is expected to be carried out through a system called escape ethics superiority academics professionalism and engagement escape he said will be complemented by ceedcentre for entrepreneurship and economic development which will let persons who are majoring in other fields join forces with those in the management fraternity and create a moneymaking initiative mexico s ambassador to guyana mr ivan sierra medel was also in support of the intervention noting that sebi can become the strategic asset to take advantage of international best practices and successful experiences in specific fields of doing business he however suggested that in order to have dialogue with the world ug needs to introduce aspects such as foreign languages internships mentoring and confidencebuilding at the school members of the private sector echoed similar sentiments but pointed out that tertiary education has remained stagnant for a while so in order to tap into new opportunities the work of sebi will be necessary in developing the countries human capital article adapted from  http guyanachroniclecom 20170709 uglaunchesinnovativebusinessschool sebi innovation business uog 