TWENTY-SIX children of workers aligned to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) who sat the National Grade Six Examinations this year were awarded bursaries in two (2) events conducted at the GAWU Head Office in Kingston, Georgetown and at the Rose Hall Estate Training Building in East Berbice.

Union officials presented the monetary awards while a parent of each pupil witnessed the activities.

At both activities, held on August 29, the Union’s General Secretary, Cde Seepaul Narine, congratulated the students and advised them to continue studying and learning. He noted that information and communication technology (ICT) requires sound education for one to enter today’s job market.

He also urged the parents to continue supporting and encouraging their children as they pursue their future studies. He expressed hope that the Union’s bursaries would, in some way, encourage the awardees to engage in future educational pursuits; and he said he hoped that they would write the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations in five years’ time and be successful in a number of subjects.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union Co-operative Credit Union Society Limited contributed three of the twenty-six bursaries