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UG students protest administration’s decision
Dear Editor,
We are appealing to the University of Guyana (UG) Administration to immediately reverse a decision by the Department of Government and International Relations, which requires us to pursue a course, which has no relation to our Public Management programme and instead offer one, which is very important to our programme.
It is still possible to offer the course since classes only stated January 31st.
We are fourth (final) year pursuing the Degree in Public Management. During this final semester we should have pursued one “option” from three courses, POL 327 (Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution), IRL 329 (Global Political Economy) and IRL 421 (International & Regional Organisations).
The last two courses are International Relations courses and have no relevance to Public Management; it’s like asking us to take courses in Chemistry. On the other hand, POI 325 (Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution) is very important in resolving conflict in the work place, between organisations and the public, and between members of the public.
Given the high level of conflict in Guyana, one would have thought the Department would have eagerly offered this course this semester. Unfortunately this is not the case. We were told there is no lecturer, but this is not accurate. We know there are lecturers currently working in the Department who can teach the course and in fact have taught the course at UG.
We, therefore, find it puzzling that the Department is not offering this very important course although there are lecturers who can teach the course. Also, this course was a required course when we first started out in the programme. Apparently, the Department feels it is not breaking the contract with us by not offering the course.
We hope the UG Administration will investigate this matter urgently and reverse the Department’s decision; there are lecturers who can teach the “Conflict Analysis and Resolution Course”. It makes no sense for us to take courses just to make up credits instead of learning something useful which we can use in the workplace and in Guyana.
UG Students
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