antabanta posted:Dave posted:Not yet, will do so later.
Great! Come back after and update us on whether UG was free or not prior to 1992.
That's how Dave, responds then he accused posters of throwing a fit, that paper in 2006,from UNESCO is on Principles and general objectives of education in Guyana .There is no mention of the PPP introducing free education at UG.
The facts are the PPP introduced fees as cost recovery program.While the Constitution states:
The Constitution does not enshrine a right to education, but Article 27 confers on “every citizen [...]the right to free education from nursery to university as well as at non-formal places where opportunities are provided for education and training.” Article 28 promises every young person the right, inter alia, to ideological, social, cultural and vocational development. The Parliament may, by law, provide for the enforcement of these in a court or tribunal “only where and to the extent to which (Parliament by law so) provides [...] and not otherwise” (Article 39, Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Constitutional Amendment Act No. 1, 1988).
History of the University of Guyana
http://library.uog.edu.gy/port...nent/k2/item/12-test
The University of Guyana (UG) was launched on October 1, 1963 following assent being given to the University of Guyana Ordinance on April 18, 1963, by Governor, Sir Ralph Grey. When it opened its doors on October 2, 1963, UG functioned as an evening institution with only 164 students enrolled for classes in three Faculties – Arts, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. Classes were held between 17:30 h and 21:30 h at the Government Technical Institute and Queen’s College, where laboratory facilities could be shared.
The Booker Group of Companies provided 1450 acres of land for a campus at Turkeyen. The soil was turned by Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham on May 24, 1966. Construction work commenced on January 2, 1968, and the first building was declared open on February 24, 1970. A major physical rehabilitation and expansion programme have since been completed, and several new buildings are now available, allowing for more classroom space among other things.
The New Building Society provided funding for the construction of a 40-room Student Halls of Residence. This building was opened on May 27, 1994 and houses students from the outlying areas of Guyana. A second Halls of Residence was constructed on campus by the Beharry Group of Companies to house 44 students while a third, the Dennis Irving Halls of Residence, was built by the University at Goedverwagting to accommodate an additional 46 students.
When it commenced operations, the annual tuition fee at the University was $100 but this was abolished in 1974.
In the 1994-1995 academic year the University introduced a Cost Recovery Programme. Resident Guyanese students are now required to pay G$127,000 per annum, except for those pursuing studies in Law, Medicine, Nursing and Tourism, where the fees are $300,000, $500,000, $251,000 and $158,000 respectively. The fees are higher for non-resident Guyanese and foreign students.