Roopnaraine signals depoliticised UG council

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine

Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday said he will be selecting individuals who have professional experience in education to make up the new University of Guyana (UG) Council.

Roopnaraine also said he intends to engage with UG Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Jacob Opadeyi on his effectiveness as head of the institution, in light of the lack of confidence in him that has been voiced by the UG workers’ unions and the students’ society.

On Thursday, the unions called on the new minister to pull politically partisan appointees from the university’s Council