Foreign students barricade UG gates

The barricades in front the gates of the campus yesterday, as the university goes into its fifth week of industrial action.

Foreign students at the University of Guyana yesterday barricaded and chained the Turkeyen campus’s gates as they demanded resumption of their classes.

The small group, which included over 20 students from Barbados, Belize and Jamaica, stood behind their barricades and refused to unlock the gates despite several orders from a team of police officers. The protest which began around 8.30 am lasted until 11 am. Afterwards, the campus was a ghost town and the protesting students