Protest stops classes at Turkeyen campus

Protestors outside the Administration Building on the Turkeyen Campus, where a University Council meeting was being held. Freddie Kissoon is at right.

Sections of the University of Guyana student body and most lecturers yesterday interrupted classes at the Turkeyen Campus to protest the dismissal of Freddie Kissoon as well as shoddy facilities at the institution.

While some students, and specifically those within the law department, turned up for their usual sessions, students and lecturers from other departments continued the protest