UG students society protests no-loan policy for two programmes

Let’s compromise: UGSS members protesting outside of the administration building on Thursday.

The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) is calling on government to reconsider the monetary policy currently in place for two new programmes at the Turkeyen campus and extend loan opportunities to the interested students.

UGSS staged a protest, the second in less than a month, at the campus on Thursday to criticize the lack of concern shown in the matter. The body said that many students have attended classes this semester and are hoping to write final exams which are less than two weeks away.

President of UGSS Colin Constantine told Stabroek News that UG introduced three new programmes in the Faculty of Health Sciences this year – Degree in