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Three new Bachelor’s Degrees being offered at UG – Dr. Luncheon

Jun 21, 2012 News

Government has approved the establishment of three new Bachelor’s Degrees at the University of Guyana.  Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon said that the degrees will be in the areas of medicine, pharmacy, rehabilitation medicine and optometry.
Dr. Luncheon told the media yesterday that the new programme areas have an attached $250,000 per year tuition fee. According to Luncheon, Government has also approved the retention of the Associate Degree Programme at UG.
He said that this was a relatively new move by government, aimed at delivering quality health care services to citizens.
Dr Luncheon said that the University introduced a Master’s of Medicine in obstetrics and gynaecology, which is aimed at helping the local health sector to realize the Millennium Development Goals.
In 2002, the BSc in Nursing was introduced to meet the needs of health care system in Guyana by preparing nurses for overall performance as nurse managers and leaders, public health nurses, nurse educators and specialty clinical nurses.
Last year the first batch of dentists graduated from the four-year Bachelor’s Degree in Dentistry programme.

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