University of Guyana (UG) lecturers yesterday began a sit-in to protest the recent dismissal of lecturers, including Freddie Kissoon, and the conditions at the Turkeyen campus.
Several students and staff of UG’s Turkeyen Campus along with the members of the public have been protesting the dismissal of Kissoon, which PPP/C members of the university council are continuing to defend. The protests have also been highlighting the conditions under which they are forced to study and work and this cry for assistance was apparently heard as construction work was evident yesterday at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT), which students have repeatedly said has been leaking.
When Stabroek News visited the