THE Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee (SILWFC) recently disbursed more than $500,000 in bursaries to children of sugar workers in Demerara and Berbice for the year 2018.

At a simple ceremony held in the SILWFC’s Board Room last month, Chairman, Allan Ewart Munroe made the presentations of $35,000 each, to some 15 keenly enthusiastic and appreciative students who excelled at this year’s CSEC and National Grade Six Assessment Examinations.

The chairman challenged the recipients of the bursary to stay focused and always aim high in their academic pursuits. “I urge you to always aim for the sky because we are living in a very competitive world which is technologically driven and if you are not on top of the game, you will remain lagging behind,” Munroe said.

Noting that the new economic flagship of Guyana will be the oil and gas sector, the chairman added that “young persons will now have to align themselves with careers in this new and emerging sector”.
He also admonished the recipients that after fulfilling their academic pursuits, they should serve Guyana, so as to further aid its development.

This is the sixth year since the commencement of the granting of bursaries to children of sugar workers. For more than six years, SILWFC has been contributing to the education of sugar workers and their children.