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Guyanese graduates from Cuba are not being treated with respect

Oct 18, 2012 Letters

 

DEAR EDITOR,
Students and graduates spend some six to seven years in Cuba (that is, six years for Engineering courses and seven years for the Medicine course); they sacrifice so much to go to an unknown country far away from their family and friends so that they can bring back something worthy, in order to develop their country.
One of the students recently wrote something in the Kaieteur newspaper and he/she mentioned that the Government of Guyana recognizes them only when they graduate in numbers, and not while they are struggling to adapt and study over there. Well, the purpose of this letter is not to focus on their struggles, but to talk about how they’re being treated once they return to Guyana.
Some of these students or scholars live in rural areas and are being placed to work in locations other than their home villages where they are needed. Some of them are forced to travel long distances on a daily basis, while others are given unprepared and unsanitary living quarters close to their workplace.
The Engineering scholars were told that they would be given a job within a month of arrival and will be getting their first salary in October, along with other benefits such as Duty Free, etc. I spoke to some of the scholars; some said that they have had to relocate from their homes just to get closer to their workplace; some said that they are currently working in their villages, while others said that they did not have a job as yet and are on standby. Those that are on standby have been so for over a month now.
Now I would like to know, if the government of Guyana is aware that they have a certain amount of scholars coming back from Cuba since the ending of July, why are they now taking their time to look for placements for these important resources? This lack of coordination and planning should not be tolerated, especially from the government, and must be dealt with correctly.
If the Government of Guyana does not respect and find uses for these scholars, how do they expect them to stay in the country when there are so many other opportunities out there?
A concerned Citizen

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