The University of Guyana (UG) and almost a dozen post-secondary education partners yesterday signed an agreement for the formation of the Higher Education Consortium on Engineering and Mining (HECEM), which is intended to guide education and professional development training for Guyana’s energy and extractive industries, including the oil and gas sector.
The HECEM is expected to function as a body that would not only seek to develop new curricula and joint programmes to address the national development needs in the areas of engineering, oil and gas and mining, but also to serve as a centre for harmonising the efforts and the sharing of resources among member institutions to achieve their objectives.
Additionally, the consortium will be tasked with fostering and promoting academic collaboration aimed at supporting the pursuit of the Strategic National Agenda and the exploration of new matriculation criteria for programmes.
