Guyanese students will soon be able to access online tertiary programmes from six universities when the Ministry of Education (MoE) launches the National Open Learning Institute at the end of this month.
According to Director (pro tempore) Dr Jacob Opadeyi, the institute will launch with an offer of 4,540 scholarship placements at Universities such as the Indira Gandhi Open University, the University of Applied Science in Germany, the Open University in the UK and the University of the West Indies Open Campus. The intention is for those granted the placements to begin classes in July.
Speaking with the Sunday Stabroek, Opadeyi, a former University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor, said that over the last few months he has been involved in negotiations to facilitate access to online tertiary education for Guyanese in part as a direct response to travel restrictions created by COVID-19.
