Plan with UWI is for immediate online education, no bypassing of UG – Manickchand

Government’s discussion with The University of the West Indies (UWI) to train at least 20,000 persons here is by no means bypassing UG but is aimed at providing online tertiary education for the many who lobbied for it, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday said.

“The University of Guyana (UG) was established by the founder of the People’s Progressive Party; that is Cheddi Jagan, it has been supported by the PPP through the years; PPP in office and out of office. The PPP has absolutely no desire to replace UG,” Manickchand told Stabroek News yesterday when contacted.