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Jan 13, 2016 Editorial, Features / Columnists
The fear of failure is perhaps crippling the minds of many in the current government, but failure should not be an option. Of course, no one likes to fail. Failure is probably one of the most widespread and common fears affecting most people to varying degrees. It is an internal and mental position that many have experienced at different times.
It is widely accepted that the government has inherited a failed system from the previous administration, but it must take drastic action to right the ship, so as not to fail itself. The deaths of a GDF Sergeant and two civilians in a bungled operation can be deemed a government failure.
Unless the members of the cabinet are competent, it would be difficult for the government to avoid failure. The administration needs to look purposefully at the elements of society that are failing the population and should fix them urgently. Its desire is not to fail, but several ministers seem too comfortable with failure around them.
Gun violence, murders and armed robberies are rampant, public income has reduced, the economy has declined, business has slowed, the health sector is in crisis and although education has improved, relatively, it continues to fail the students, and the subject ministers have not put forth any long-term plans to fix these problems.
Further, the entire criminal justice system is a failure. The three arms of the justice system—police, courts and prisons—have failed the people. For years, alleged criminals have been suffering from an inefficient criminal justice system due to the disconnection among lawmakers, the courts, and the enforcers of the law. Something is inherently and philosophically wrong when someone accused of a crime is detained or locked up for years before getting a trial. Justice should be swift, fair and impartial. It should not be delayed.
The system is broken. In many cases there is accountability to the wrong individuals. There are areas that are intended to be wholly independent but are administratively run by government. And there is even a key position that in effect is accountable to no one, not even the president.
On the point of education, it is said that children are the future. If this is true, then why it is that they are being forced to submit to an education system that is working against many of them and their future success?
Over the years Guyana has boasted about successful aspects about its educational system that surpass those of many other developing countries, but on the flip side of this, the general system has failed many students who are leaving or have left school and cannot properly read, write or do simple arithmetic.
Many teenagers who have dropped out of school have found that a life of hustling in the streets is more advantageous and appealing to them than being in school. And far too many students have passed through the system without being inspired to believe in themselves and to dream big.
The poor performance of students is the result of a failed education system. While the system is not perfect, it must be fixed urgently to prevent more students from failing, and to genuinely ensure that no child is left behind. A temporary fixing of these institutions has not worked in the past and will not work today, and neither will the cosmetic ministerial reshuffle which threw one of its more active and effective Ministers under the bus. The government is destined to fail unless it purposefully and objectively refits a number of key Ministries with new personnel to make them efficient and fully operational.
The system has failed the people, but in order to fix it, the government has to recruit the best and the brightest before the problems spiral out of control. If the government does not act swiftly, it will feel the stinging reality of failure.
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