Dear Editor,
Add absentee lecturers to the unhygienic, non-functional washrooms (picture attached) at the University of Guyana’s mismanagement woes. (On Wednesday) a lecturer sent out a request for students to move an English tutorial with over 200 students from 1-3 PM on Wednesdays to 9-11 PM on the same day; it is symptomatic of an institution that has lost its way and is moving to become an online university despite its charter as a physical plant. There are too many lecturers at UG who live and work overseas, or live here but have full-time jobs in addition to lecture duties. It does a great disservice to our students.
This all begs the question of how much longer will the government keep pouring funds into UG without guaranteed improvement in the services offered. It is time for a restructure of how the course of this institution is charted as well as the persons who are charged with management. President Irfaan Ali has a clear vision of what he wants for our people and UG is failing badly on all counts; the time for legislative reform to ensure UG delivers is now; tempus fugit!
Sincerely,
Robin Singh
