Gya: The passing of Dennis Craig

News of the death of former University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor, Professor Dennis Craig has stunned the education community. Both Education Minister Dr Henry Jeffrey and UG Deputy Vice -Chancellor, Al Creighton expressed shock at the news of his death.

Jeffrey described Craig as a distinguished educator of the Caribbean and recalled that he first came into contact with him at the University of Guyana in the late 1980s. "We had our differences, but there is no doubt that Prof Craig had a definitive, clear and modern vision of the University of Guyana."
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At his death he was a consultant to the Guyana Basic Education Teacher Training (GBETT) project and only recently had made two presentations and also presented a report on the teaching of English as a second language. "The entire ministry, but particularly the GBETT team, greeted his death with much surprise and sorrow."

Creighton recalled that Craig had made his greatest contribution to UG as its Vice- Chancellor during the six years he served in that post. But he said Craig's association with UG pre-dated his appointment as Vice-Chancellor as he had been an external examiner to the Faculty of Arts as well as an adviser under the TOCTEN programme to the English Department, reviewing its offerings.