Ten years ago, the first university campus opened its doors in Berbice, paving the way for numerous Berbicians to acquire a tertiary education in the county.In the past, Berbicians had to travel to Turkeyen to attend the University of Guyana. President Bharrat Jagdeo declared the Tain Campus of the University of Guyana opened on November 19, 2000.At the recently held convocation of the Tain Campus,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]wholesale jerseys[/url], Director of the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Daizal Samad,[url=http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-n7/]http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-n7/[/url], stated that a few months ago during a UG high-level meeting,[url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysmr.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys Outlet From China[/url], he was called a ?nuisance?.Professor Daizal SamadHe said that later during that same meeting,[url=http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-flight-weight/]http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-flight-weight/[/url], it was opined that his campus was a ?mistake and that they should have expanded Turkeyen instead?.?No one laughed. No one disagreed. So what do we have here? We have a Director who heads a mistake.?He went on to discuss some of the hardships the campus faces and the ?push-around? UGBC would normally get when sometimes small things have to be done.?If we want to spend money from our governmentally allocated budget, we have to be a nuisance and knock on the doors of the bursary at Turkeyen. If we want to advertise a vacancy or hire or discipline or praise or promote at any level, we become a nuisance by knocking at the door of Personnel in Turkeyen?,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]jerseys nfl wholesale[/url], he posited.The Director identified other hurdles such as extending the online registration; his campus has to ?cry at the gate of the Registry in Turkeyen?.?For examination questions or grading of scripts,[url=http://www.nhl2017.us@#$%&/Detroit-Red-Wings-Chris-Chelios-Jersey/]Chris Chelios Red Wings Jersey[/url], we sit at the threshold of heads of department or deans at Turkeyen. If we want to have new programmes or reform old ones,[url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysmr.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys Outlet[/url], we do the same. These things are done each and every day, several times a day. And to our own discredit, this begging and scraping has become a habit,? he lamented.He informed the convocation that his campus would continue to be a ?nuisance? until it has what the new Strategic Plan calls ?decentralisation of authority? vis a vis Turkeyen and UGBC. This plan is scheduled for 2011.?This campus is not a mistake. Neither is UGBC a single faculty. This is a campus, and at the very least it needs to be treated as such,? he reiterated.?This campus has become central to life in Berbice! Our philosophy then, as now, is simple: We shall make this campus porous to the community. We shall establish an osmotic relationship with the people of this community. And we have done that,? the director passionately said.The Administrative Officer of the campus, Ramdat Nandkishore?s term has come to an end, but the director reiterated his plea with Turkeyen to allow Mr Nandkishore to serve a few more years as he is still fully capable of doing so.?It took someone in Turkeyen six years to suddenly discover that Mr Nandkishore was six years above the retirement age. I pleaded, beseeched, begged, became aggressive, made the case that we need this man for another year at least. The answer was no,? he said.Prof. Samad stated that he has asked for Mr Nandkishore to be kept on to operate in an advisory capacity for three months, which has come to an end. He said that he would now attempt to find another position to have Mr Nandkishore where he would be needed.Prof. Samad recalled the instances where his campus became involved in the life of the communities across Berbice. He said that the campus has worked closely with the Guyana Police Force and has trained recruits in various areas.?For the first time in the history of this country, we have officers of the law who are IT literate.?He said that UGBC also works closely with the Community Policing Group, the Chambers of Commerce, and individual businessmen from Corriverton to the East Bank of Demerara. The campus is also involved in nursery, primary and secondary schools, helping however they can. The campus now houses the Cyril Potter College of Education Secondary teachers at the John?s location.There have been numerous calls for the way to be cleared for the Berbice campus to become autonomous from its Turkeyen location. This call was echoed by the 2010 Valedictorian, Nadia Khan.Present during the convocation last Saturday were officials from Turkeyen including UG Vice- Chancellor Prof. Lawrence Carrington and Pro- Chancellor Dr Prem Misir.(Leon Suseran)