Hello all
I am no longer a member of this list since I left the job that was
associated with it. But now that they have finally released the plans,
I think somebody needs to know what this University of Trinidad and
Tobago is all about.
The University is actually a conglomerate of several institutions that
have existed in Trinidad for a while. They include among others
Institute of Marine Affairs Est 1974
Caribbean Industrial Research Institute Est 1970
National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and
Technology Est 1984
Many of these institutions were founded with assistance both personnel
and financial from international organisations like the UNDP and OAS.
This administration does not understand this quote
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Sir Isaac Newton
Their problems aside, these institutions still serve necessary and
important functions in the academic and scientific community in the
country. However the staff are being severed without regard to their
experience or qualifications. So long as they are not willing to be
lackeys of this administration, they are being forced out. Some are
even giving thought to sabotage of their lifetimes of work.
How can the agencies who ask that we sign up to protocols and treaties
allow this to happen?
It is too late for me, but the please make your voices heard, which I
don't mind saying are more influential that ours, so that this madness
will at least meet some resistance even if it can not be stopped.
http://opm.gov.tt/news/index.php?pid=2001&nid=s20050810
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