 questions about uwi and the university of guyana joint venture questions about uwi and the university of guyana joint venture webmaster sun 10252020 937 dear editor like me the caribbean and the rest of the world must have been shocked on hearing the news last week that the uwi would train 20000 guyanese over a period of five years a release issued by the university of the west indies uwi stated that negotiations are currently ongoing to finalise an agreement to develop the human capital of guyanese what an insult to the university of guyana ug and guyanese people by the new ppp government led by dr irfaan ali who has recently obtained his phd from uwi what an embarrassment to the thousands of ug graduates who could teach most courses on human development at home and so become gainfully employed at home this is all suspicious ug is the only national university in guyana it is 57yearsold and guyana s oldest institution founded in 1963 before independence instead of investing in local resources and personnel the government is selling its foreign exchange ancestral soul and national pride the main campus in georgetown looks like an overgrown cow pasture an angry public release from ug stated that it is now offering more than 1000 courses online as part of the university of guyana blueprint 2040 strategy framework the release added that it has also routinely collaborated with over 100 regional and international institutions something does not smell right here it seems that dr ali is taking guyana down a dutty trail in the backdam fatimah mohammed questions about uwi and the university of guyana joint venture  