Dear Editor,
On Thursday, April 30, I visited the Critchlow Labour College hoping to get something about the life and achievements of that great but unrecognized Guyanese, Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow. I found but little there!
I did, however, subsequently discover much that is negative being said about the withdrawal of government’s subvention. According to the ledgers of the college it represents 58% of running costs, a staggering financial blow by any standard! In addition, the college is in a shocking state of disrepair. This must be interpreted as evidence of the gross and inexcusable mismanagement of assets over the years, mismanagement for which no national government ought to be held accountable.
Any private organization heavily dependent upon government hand-outs for its running must guard against the day when the contrary winds of politics threaten its very existence. The Critichlow Labour College and others like it should get up and generate funds for themselves, not by parties and other frivolous pursuits, but by serious investment in solid industrial activities.
Why, for instance, doesn’t the CLC spearhead the manufacture of school chalk to supply the Caricom states?
Yours faithfully,
Edwin I Glen
