The Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT), which will facilitate advanced level classroom training for public sector Information and communications technology (ICT) professionals, was yesterday commissioned at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.
The CEIT is a joint initiative between the Government of Guyana and the Government of India. Initial talks for the Centre commenced in 2017, when a team from the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with representatives from India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC).
Speaking at the commissioning yesterday morning, General Manager of the NDMA Floyd Levi said infrastructure works were completed in February this year, with two laboratories to host 25 students each and one classroom to hold 50 students. “While the Government of Guyana ensured the infrastructure, logistics and operational requirements for the CEIT, the Government of India provided the necessary hardware, such as servers, desktop computers, projectors, printers, scanners and software for setting up two laboratories to support 25 students each and one classroom to accommodate 50 students and over 1,000 reference books in our library,” Levi stated as he gave an overview of the project.
