Gov’t still to tap into US$10M loan for science, technology overhaul, Carrington reveals

Lawrence Carrington

Despite the University of Guyana’s financial straits, the government is still to activate a US$10 million World Bank loan to overhaul the science and technology departments, outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Lawrence Carrington revealed on Friday.

In a farewell address to university staff in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre, at the Turkeyen Campus, Carrington said the university has been chipping away at its “financial embarrassment,”