Acknowledging that the situation at the University of Guyana was “grave” President David Granger told executive members of the students’ body, UGSS, that most of their problems will be addressed before the start of the new academic year.
According to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency, after meeting with the students on Thursday the President promised, “By the time the next academic year starts most of these problems will be dealt with. Of course, not completely, but we would like to have some of these problems rectified. So we will try to rectify these before next semester and when the Minister of Finance is back in the country I would like to engage him and it will be in the presence of the Vice Chancellor and the Chancellor, if he is still here, and the Minister of Education. This is a grave situation and I would never try to sweep this under the carpet.”
The release stated that during the almost two-hour long meeting, the President allowed the students, led by outgoing President of the University of Guyana Student’s Society (UGSS) Joshua Griffith and incoming President Ron Glasgow, to