 no political interference at ug vice chancellor no political interference at ug vice chancellor no political interference at ug vice chancellor webmaster wed 6132018 1047 vice chancellor of the university of guyana ug professor ivelaw griffith today lauded the handsoff approach of the current administration in allowing the unrestricted daytoday running of the institution the vc has been at the helm of the country s premier tertiary institution for the past two years he said since assuming that position there has been no attempt to curtail his work or that of the university by the government something that had shaped the university for years he was speaking to the members of the media at his second media luncheon at the herdmanston lodge earlier today as an indication of an achievement sometimes you have to ask yourself not only what has been done but what has not been done i have not had a government minister or the president or permanent secretary tell me who to hire who to admit who to graduate or who to give a scholarship to the vc said today this he said is testimony that the administration clearly understands it s role the practising business as usual is not in the best interest of the university or the society and that for me is a signally important achievement the vc spoke of his meetings with the ministry of public infrastructure public telecommunication public health and education that have been lending support to the university i m comforted in the support from government entities and nongovernmental entities i moving along he said a governance task force had already decided that there be no special or partisan interest represented on the university s council the vice chancellor said changes are occurring at the institution article adapted from  http dpigovgy nopoliticalinterferenceatugvicechancellor  government vicechancellor media 