Letters on: Education Related Links: Articles on Education Letters Menu Archival Menu Education, Deplorable Conditions at the University of Guyana If programmes to teach professional, craft and business skills are made widespread, we can in one or two generations eradicate poverty Schools can use chess to raise intellect Q.C. still is doldrum despite repeated promises A vital part of the solution is to raise the level of education Abuse is abuse Say Yes For Children Campaign offers many opportunities The introduction of Information Technology in the educational system needs careful planning Good results are linked to good teaching Adult education, community in alliance to teach drop-outs All of Guyana should speak out about the plight of the medical students The authorities owe the public an answer in the `Book of Hope' matter Shortage of funds, not land inhibiting UG's expansion FRUSTRATED MEDICAL STUDENT Why is Queen's College not offering Chemistry and Biology at GCE `A' Level? Perhaps the method of training teachers needs to be assessed This government inherited a large number of dilapidated schools We must respect others' beliefs The PR tsar The minister says so Children must not be deprived of education Should photographs of juveniles be published Queen's College used to be a top class school Should school children be involved in Protests? The multilateral schools should be urently upgraded No suitable Guyanese available? Bringing truancy under control Measures to help both teachers and students System of issuing permanent trained teachers certificates needs rectifying Much has been done to help teachers Sex education is the most important subject for teachers Facts tell different story Emigration of teachers to New York is a catastrophe Continuing emigration of teachers is a severe problem We have long been a training ground for the benefit of others Teachers should have to pay for their training Teachers have to spend a lot of time counselling children Children must be trained the proper way Teachers still need much better working conditions Teachers looking for greener pastures A transformation Personal and professional development People want a decent life No response to application for teaching job Our teachers should stay here It's not all bed of roses Protest should be lodged against US recruiters of teachers With globalisation the world is centre stage for our best and brightest, including teachers There are countries that place a higher premium on education than we do The sad decline of Meten-Meer-Zorg primary school - better management is essential All useful skills should be encouraged Dr McDonald got his figures wrong Teachers salaries must be considered in the context of the national economy Urgent need to improve standards of comprehension and expression in English Some teachers are not attending their classes Comprehensive education programme Uplifting educational standards A greater emphasis on music in our schools could have enormous benefits Why must the US go recruiting everywhere in the world if they have the best training institutions? Physical abuse by teachers should not be tolerated U.G. graduates are recognised by the best academic institutions Whipping at school made me a more serious student It is easy to fool overseas universities Corporal punishment in schools must be banned School children should not be involved in protests Queen's College mainly benefited the sons of planters in its first 20 years The money rightly belonged to the Africans Condition of labs at UG affected teaching of students How must teachers deal with disruptive students? Alternatives to corporal punishment Slave owners were paid compensation Schoolchildren who congregate at street corners are bored and looking for excitement Despite the adversity, UG is fully recognized across the world The young and the lawless are in action in Croal Street from 3.30 to 6.30 every afternoon Without education persons often become bored with life Corporal punishment isn’t effective as a method of discipline Corporal punishment versus child abuse Violence in schools is a reflection of the wider society Corporal punishment gives the wrong message The absence of corporal punishment in American schools has led to chaos Minister should clarify declaration she signed on corporal punishment There appears to be discrimination against Dr Thakur We need to exercise old-fashioned common sense Beating children on the buttocks can lead to deviant sexual behaviour