A decision by the Queen’s College Board of Governors to deny the Queens College Alumni Association of New York (QCAANY) access to the school’s computer laboratory for its annual Summer (July/August) Mathematics Institute has come under fresh scrutiny after educator and mathematician Dr. Cleveland Waddell publicly juxtaposed the board’s assessment of the programme with glowing remarks delivered just a year earlier by Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh, whose daughter attended the camp.

In a detailed social media post titled “Two Documents. One Story About Education in Guyana,” Waddell published the board’s July 1, 2026 rejection letter alongside the Acting Chief Justice’s address at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Summer Mathematics Institute, inviting the public to compare the two documents and decide which more accurately reflects the programme that has served Guyanese students for nearly a decade.

“I encourage the people of Guyana to read both. Then decide for themselves which better reflects the Summer Mathematics Institute that students, parents, volunteers, and educators have experienced since 2016,” Waddell wrote on July 3.