The benefits of partnership were accentuated by outgoing President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, during a recently concluded visit to the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus.From Left: President of UWI Open Campus – Ms. Aneka Lee; President of the St. Augustine Guild of Students’ – Mr. Makesi Peters; President University of Guyana Students’ Society – Mr. Joshua Griffith; Pro-Vice-Chancellor UWI St. Augustine – Professor Clement Sankat.The visit is one that has paved the way for future partnerships between the UGSS and the UWI Student Guilds.Griffith’s recent visit to Trinidad was one that resulted from an invitation from the Executives of the Guild of Students at the University to attend the Inter-Campus Guild Council (ICGC) meeting.There he was able to meet with student representatives from the Guilds of the four UWI campuses: Mona in Jamaica, Cave Hill in Barbados, and St Augustine and the Open Campuses in Trinidad and Tobago.? His trip ended on Saturday last.The UG student body invitation to the inter-campus guild meetings came out of discussions between Griffith and the President of the UWI St Augustine Campus Guild of Students,Authentic Adidas Hockey Jerseys China, Makesi Peters,China Adidas Hockey Jerseys, at the 19th Commonwealth Council of Education Ministers (CCEM) Conference held in the Bahamas in June of this year.The outgoing UGSS President arrived in Trinidad and Tobago last week Thursday; on that very day he presented to the body the benefits of partnership among the student representative bodies, which included advocating for the interests of tertiary students in the Caribbean, building a regional identity among university students, exchange of experiences and governance strengthening in student representative democracy.Griffith noted the unanimous support from the regional student bodies to his proposal, which has culminated into the drafting of a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) among these student bodies. The MoU will pave the way for future partnerships between the UGSS and the UWI Student Guilds, which account for tens of thousands of Caribbean tertiary education students.The MoU,jerseys cheap nfl, according to Griffith, will be signed in Guyana in the coming weeks pending the document’s completion, a request that was made by the UWI St Augustine Guild President.Griffith envisions that the move by the UWI and UG bodies could evolve into student exchanges between the UWI and the UG student bodies, thus,Cheap Jerseys From China, this reality will be considered in the long-term goals of the agreement.“This is a legacy in the making, and it can only work towards strengthening and improving student governance and the quality of education among the relevant stakeholders,” Griffith said.Griffith also spoke of the possibility of Guyana, once again, becoming a paying member to UWI and emphasised the benefits of students not only in accessing the array of programmes offered at the UWI campuses, but also in the exchange of culture for strengthening regional identity. “If we are going to revitalise the strength of regional identity,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, of CARICOM, of the Caribbean, then definitely we need more exchanges among the islands,” said Griffith.He went on to endorse the intention of the Guyana Government to look into the country contributing to the UWI. “I do believe it stands to benefit and improve the quality of service and the development of our human resource in Guyana, significantly.”Griffith noted, too, that the nationalist arguments in defence of UG competing with the UWI even as he recalled his conversation with UWI St Augustine Campus Principal,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, Clement Sankat, where the idea of UWI campus in Guyana, which focused on Post-Graduate education to complement the degrees already being offered at UG.Griffith is hopeful that exchanges at the student level could see the future involvement of the Administrations of the UWI and the UG, but he said the involvement of the Administration is not in the initial phase of the student-driven agreement, but could form part of the vision moving forward.Griffith, while attending the 19th CCEM Conference in June, was elected Chairman of the Interim Commonwealth Students’ Association (CSA). He assumes his full position in a matter of days and will soon step down from the position of UGSS President, as that body will be holding its elections next month.Griffith has committed to working along with the new UGSS representatives when the October election conclude