I support the efforts of the current UG Vice Chancellor

Jul 22, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
The University of Guyana has had its share of challenges, and will continue to be financially challenged like most universities in poor countries. However, if it is to prepare our young people for the future, the template that was used over the last fifty years will not work. Dr. Griffith the Vice-Chancellor is attempting to bring UG into the 21st century, and transform it into an institution of international standing. UG has to become an international university, attracting students, and faculty from other countries. The search for faculty and students cannot continue to be just local.
The installation ceremony for a new Vice-Chancellor is a norm at most institutions of higher learning. It is true that money is in short supply, but Dr. Griffith has done a great job so far getting assistance from UG alumini, the diaspora, and other sources for many of his initiatives. I could go down a long list of things that have been done in Guyana recently that the country could not afford, but were considered to be necessary. With Dr. Griffith at the helm, UG will be setting goals that seem impossible to achieve, and make them happen. Guyana has academics that have made significant contributions to UG, but we can’t move forward benchmarking against the past.
Weldon Kendall

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