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Feb 13, 2016 Letters
Dear Editor,
We write in response to a letter captioned ‘Guyana School of Agriculture must account for this money’ by Mr. Ato Vaughn which was published in the Thursday, January 28, 2016 edition of your newspaper. The School wishes to thank Kaieteur News for affording it the opportunity to proffer a response to Mr. Vaughn’s letter.
A mandatory cautionary deposit of $ 25,000 is required to be paid by each student on gaining admission to the School. This deposit is used to offset damage done by students to any of the School’s facilities, equipment, machinery and any property during the course of their study. It therefore follows that if a student doesn’t do any damage to the school’s property that this deposit would be refunded.
Developments over the past two (2) academic years have shown that the School, due to the errant behaviour of students, has been required to expend large sums of money to replace furniture, to repaint walls and ceilings in dormitories and classrooms, and to replace crockery and cutlery and glassware for use by the said students in the cafeteria. Given the above, a decision was taken to use a percentage of the Cautionary Deposit to offset the cost of repairing the School’s facilities damaged by students, as well as the cost incurred in the frequent replacement of cutlery, crockery and glassware.
As a consequence, students will be receiving a partial refund of their cautionary deposit. Students would be informed of the proposed dates when they should present themselves at the School to uplift this refund. The Board and the Management of the School regret having to resort to this action but students must realise that they have a role to play in preserving the School’s facilities so that future students can benefit from its use. The delay in making this reduced refund available to students is sincerely regretted.
Brian Greenidge
Chief Executive Officer
Guyana School of Agriculture
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