A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, reiterated its call for the PPP Government to reverse its policy which took away Free education to all Guyanese from nursery to University.
According to the party, another semester begins at the University of Guyana and the PPP’s decision to take away free tertiary education still weighs students down. “This historic injustice cannot stand. It is an affront to the Constitution of Guyana, which in Article 27 states that every citizen has the right to free education from nursery to university as well as at non-formal places where opportunities are provided for education and training. The constitution enshrines free education from nursery to university”, the party said.
The party reiterated its call for student stipends to help with internet, transportation, and other expenses that do not appear on any University invoice but are expenses students must bear.
Speaking directly with the media Norton said that the party will work with the UG administration on initiatives to produce a regular stream of competent graduates to serve in the oil and gas sector and, more generally, to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving Guyanese economy for other skills.
Further, the party wants to see the cancellation of all student debt to ease the burden on students having to pay to access the University.
The party blasted the PPP, accusing them of doing nothing for the past two years. “The PPP has sat on its hands and done nothing. Several national and supplemental budgets have come and gone – still nothing for the students at UG! Meanwhile, in these tough times, students and their families continue to scrape their few resources together to meet this burden,” the stateside.
The party promised that a coalition government will bring back a free University of Guyana, write off all students’ debt and pay an education stipend to students. “Moreover, we will work together with UG to increase its involvement in and impact on national development.”
The University of Guyana must be made a free institution immediately, the party said.
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