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UG Council cannot be expected to overturn the administration’s decision

Dec 16, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I read with interest an article, “UGWU mulls legal action over dismissal of lecturer”, (Kaieteur News, November 29, 2009) and a letter to the editor, “Why the double standard at UG?” by a Mr. Stanley Wong (Kaieteur News, December 8, 2009).
I share Mr. Wong’s implied suggestion (but not the tone) that the lecturer not pursue his termination with the University of Guyana (UG) anymore and look else where for work. Mr. Wong spent some space outlining the lecturer’s credentials. If the administration at UG took his credentials into account, as impressive as they are, he would still have been employed.
Credentials are icing on the cake and are used conveniently to justify the organisation’s decision.
The cake is, generally, which “class” a person belongs to i.e., in order, ethnicity, perceived political party supporter, religion, and gender.
The cake has little to do with merit, ethics, morality, fairness, and quality assurance. This lecturer does not belong to the class which made the decision not to rehire him. If he was he would still have been hired.
The same class has been asked to re examine his termination.
That class will make the same decision; 10 weeks have passed and it still has not made a decision.
This cannot be reasonable, but the message is clear “we cannot be bothered”. He is an outsider.
The UG Council cannot be expected to overturn the new administration’s decision. After all, it just hired him and will not be seen to be embarrassing its own choice.
The only avenue left to him is to try the courts. His union warned it will do so; it should do so quickly.
Unfortunately the students at UG will not be taught by one of the most qualified lecturers; but then the UG’s administration probably feels that that’s the students’ problem.
Pamela Franklin

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