Guyana’s tertiary educational system cannot improve if this continues

Feb 10, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is no secret that a growing and disturbing trend among most Guyanese Parents is the fact that they aspire strongly for their children to go abroad to receive tertiary education. Such is the case, on a very large scale, in Georgetown. Georgetown houses a significant majority of Guyana’s private sector. These families groom their children, from a very small age, that it is imperative to leave the country to receive tertiary education especially in North America.
The fact is only a minute percentage of these children end up coming back to Guyana. This alone speaks for itself. The individuals that are financially able to invest in Guyana’s tertiary education system prefer to turn a blind eye and assume abruptly and incorrectly that the educational system abroad is significantly higher than what is being offered locally. I have spoken to many professors, and educational giants in the country and they agree with me in saying that Guyana’s educational system is higher than what is being offered in North America.
With this trend growing year after year, we are not able to educate individuals that have the means to invest heavily in the country after they qualify, we are not able to harvest the potential that the private sector has in developing our tertiary educational system.
With more students wanting to do more programs the demand for tertiary education in the country will rise. As a result the Government and those responsible will see a need for this demand to be met and met properly.
More programs will have to be implemented and offered to facilitate this.
However, if the Guyanese parents are unwilling to address this issue and send their children abroad they are just facilitating the North American economy by monies being paid to these international institutions.
The brains of the country need not depart as a result of a growing trend, but they must remain in the country. Our tertiary education is being underutilized as a result of the growing numbers departing the country. The incorrect assumptions of how great North America is for education need to cease and we must look at our local strong points for education and build on them.
This must start from the Parent’s points of view being different and hence their children’s. We need not revere about the so called greatness of these North American educational institutions, but rather aspire for our local institutions to achieve such International clout and put measures into place to achieve such.
Monies to develop our educational system from the private sector are necessary for substantial growth in this area. This can only be achieved if their children utilize the system as they will see it as an obligation to do so. Turning a blind eye in preference for international tertiary education is not the answer.
Guyson Fisher

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