Scores of students attend recruitment drive to study in Canada

Through an initiative of the Student Centre, a leading higher education firm based in Barbados, a new recruitment process was on Saturday launched at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown with the goal of helping Guyanese students to get enrollment into one of six participating Canadian universities.
Caribbean college planner and coordinator of the event, Sheena Alleyne, explaining the gap between universities and students around the world, and the ways in which the Student Centre has closed that gap, said, “Guyana is exponentially growing, and the Student Centre has seen it very fit to come here to create linkage with Canadian universities and possible Guyanese students.”
The Student Centre provides customized support and business services to individuals and institutions, and is the official guide to higher education in the region. Working with institutions and students seeking higher education opportunities, it bridges the gap between international universities and students.

Officials of St George’s University, Sheridan College, University of Guelph, Seneca College, George Brown College and Nait University facilitated discussions and enquires from potential students in Guyana during this recruitment process. Discussions were based on fees and payments, opportunities for scholarships, mentoring, and areas of study, all of which were explained by Anaita McIntyre, Dave Orellena, Shalini Jaaga, Colin E Dowe, and Rupinerd Barhar.
Mentor of Seneca, Shalini Jaaga, spoke about situations students may encounter while travelling abroad to study for the first time. She said,
“Understanding the background centered around students stepping foot into a foreign country to study for the first time, Seneca University has created strategies which intertwine Caribbean-based students more freely into their programmes. We have a department in Toronto, Canada which consists of solely Caribbean students, which is embraced with Caribbean culture, making students feel at home. In this case Guyanese students will see lots of Caribbean influence that they know of, which in part gives them a sense of home while studying abroad.”
Other recruiters explained the uniqueness of their university, and Colin E. Dowe explained that St George’s has 28,000+ graduates, including physicians, veterinarians, scientists, and public health and business professionals across the world.
According to Dowe, St George’s offers medical and veterinary medical degrees in the Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and independent and dual graduate degrees in the sciences, public health, and business.
Undergraduate degree programmes are also available through its School of Arts and Sciences, and students may build on their education by pursuing a degree in the School of Graduate Studies.
Each university at this event provided a vast array of areas of study that it provides, and scores of students were exposed to real simulation experience in aviation, fitness and recreation, engineering, project management, hospitality, and tourism.
The Student Centre is positioning itself to create rapid work within Guyana in bridging the gap between students and universities.