Granger calls for ‘second independence’ from dependency

President’s College Class of 2015

Declaring that the history of Guyana has been a contest between education and stagnation, President David Granger yesterday told the 2015 graduates of President College “there must be a second independence, one that frees us from dependency, frees us from discrimination, domination and the abuse of rights and our freedoms.”

Granger was at the time delivering the feature address at the 25th graduation ceremony of the College.

In his second visit to the college founded by Guyana’s first executive president, the president declared that “education