President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that a branch of the University of Guyana College of Medical Sciences will be established at the new Tuschen Secondary School, East Bank Essequibo, Region Three.
He the school will be utilised for this purpose in the evening and doctors will have an opportunity to have a second job at lecturing.
UG currently offers about 17 programmes in its College of Medical Sciences and since the government made it tuition-free to study at the institution, there have been hundreds of applications.
Ali revealed that over 200 of those applications are from Region Three.
As such, to ensure no applicant is denied the opportunity to pursue their education, the decision was taken to make the Tuschen Secondary School a dual-purpose facility.
The school was constructed to the tune of $930 million.
The new school, which will accommodate 800 students, consists of 24 classrooms, scientific and research centres, a multi-purpose hall and cafeteria and a library.
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