“EDUCATION gives one the key to release themselves from the chains of ignorance,” was just one of the thought-provoking pieces of advice given to this year’s top 10 achievers at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.It came from none other than Chairman of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice), Renis Morian, who encouraged the students to never give up on their dreams, as he too had risen from humble beginnings to become who he is today.
Noting that it is they who hold the key to their dreams, and no one else, Morian said: “Intensify your efforts and your fight to make your dreams fulfilled.”
The occasion was the customary presentation, held Saturday in Linden at the Egbert Benjamin Conference Hall, of bursary awards to those who had done well at this year’s CSEC and NGSA examinations by the mining company, Bosai Minerals Incorporated.
But whereas before, the awards were given to just those children from Linden who had excelled at the examinations, this year, Bosai extended the courtesy to the country’s top 10 achievers at both examinations, as well as the top 10 from Region 10. Included in the mix also were the children of Bosai’s employees who were successful at both CSEC and NGSA, as well as those children who had participated in the company’s apprenticeship programme.
Headmaster of the Christianburg-Wismar Multilateral School, Cleaveland Thomas used the opportunity as guest speaker to boast of the attainments of his students who earned seven of the top 10 positions at CSEC this year. All seven students were recipients of Bosai awards.
Bosai’s General Manager promised to make the event even bigger and better next year, bearing in mind that 2016 would mark 100 years since the commencement of mining in Linden, and 50 years since Guyana attained its independence from Great Britain.
Besides certificates of achievement and money, awardees were given trophies as well as other little tokens of appreciation.

By Vanessa Braithwaite