Twenty-seven students on Wednesday were awarded bursaries by Guyana Water Inc (GWI) worth $1.3 million in recognition of their outstanding performance at the last National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
The presentation was held at GWI’s headquarters at Shelter Belt, Georgetown, and had in attendance GWI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Baksh, senior company officials and parents.
Addressing the gathering, Baksh congratulated the students on excelling at the NGSA and used the opportunity to urge their parents to pay keen interest to their children’s education.
GWI CEO Shaik Baksh (sixth left); Human Resources Director Elvis Jordon (behind Baksh) and Board Director Wendell Jeffrey (right) with the bursary awardees
Baksh, a former Education Minister, also encouraged the students to avoid distractions such as the television and cellphones, and to continue to pay attention to their studies.
He emphasised the importance of paying maximum attention to English and Mathematics, pointing out that these two key subjects were vital for employment and matriculation at the university level.
Baksh presents a prize to one of the awardees
In addition, GWI’s Board Director, Wendell Jeffrey, in a lively message to the bursary awardees, appealed to them to continue to do well in school, focus on what they want to become and avoid bad company.
Further, GWI’s Human Resources Director, Elvis Jordon also addressed the gathering, emphasising that education was the key to a bright future. He added that GWI supported the future of the children of its employees.
GWI awards bursaries not only to employees’ children who obtained placement at the top secondary schools but to every employee’s child who attained a secondary school at the NGSA.
The bursaries are awarded to children of employees throughout the country.
