New UG grads urged to ensure development is done right

By Thandeka Percival On In Guyana News |
During his installation ceremony Dr. Edward Green is dressed in the robes of Chancellor of the University of Guyana by Professor Paloma Mohamed, Chair of the university’s Transitional Management Committee. (Photo by Terrence Thompson)
During his installation ceremony Dr. Edward Green is dressed in the robes of Chancellor of the University of Guyana by Professor Paloma Mohamed, Chair of the university’s Transitional Management Committee. (Photo by Terrence Thompson)

With the nascent oil sector expected to transform the nation, the members of the 2019 graduating class of the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday heard calls for them to ensure that development is done right, take a stand against corruption and be the change they want to see.

“We cannot allow ourselves to fall victim to corruption. We cannot fall into the trap of nepotism and favouritism,” Shane Rampertab, one of the two valedictorians, told graduates.

He was speaking at the first of two 53rd convocation ceremonies at the Turkeyen Campus’ tarmac, where hundreds of graduates from the faculties of Agriculture and Forestry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Education and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, and Natural Sciences gathered just after 10 in the morning.