Nine thousand students to begin UG classes for new academic year

The UG Registry (DPI photo)

Some 9,000 students 3,000 of whom are new registrants, are scheduled to begin online classes at the University of Guyana’s Tain and Turkeyen campuses for the 2020-21 academic year.

The first day of classes is set for November 2.

According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release yesterday, the resumption of classes was beset by several delays and UG Chancellor, Professor John Edward Greene, in the virtual orientation, thanked the batch of students for their “endurance” amidst the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.