…86 successful NGSA students awarded by GPF

By Vishani Ragobeer

THE Guyana Police Force has awarded the children of members of the extended Force for their performance at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examinations.During a ceremony held on Friday at the Police Officers’ Mess Annex at Eve Leary, each of the 86 students awarded received bursaries based on their performance. This, according to Commissioner of Police (ag.) David Ramnarine, is part of the Force’s tangible contribution towards the development of youths in Guyana.

Ramnarine said crime is a “social problem,” which emanates primarily from youths and from masculinity. He noted that youths must be led on the right path, and these behaviours must be stamped out. The Top Cop said this is primarily why the GPF would continue to show keen interest in the development of youths.

Speaking directly to the youths, he said education will “help you to make the right choices.” He added that children should be thankful they have access to this commodity, as many persons in other parts of the world are not privileged to have access to education.

Ramnarine urged the children to not only spend the next five years of their secondary school life consuming a formal education, but challenged them to acquire an informal education through all of their experiences, and to adopt a habit of “very serious reading.”

“The most intelligent person is the person with a wider view of the world,” he said.

Senior Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Education, Vincent Alexander, in his remarks said, “Education is not only a formal process”, as he reiterated the Commissioner’s charge for children to acquire a sound informal education to make them better, well-rounded persons.

Mr. Alexander also charged parents to play greater roles in their children’s educational lives, and to be role models for their children. He also charged the Police Force to continue fostering efforts towards the edification of Guyanese youths, and to establish a “mentorship” programme to guide these children over the next five years.