ELEVEN pupils, whose parents are employees of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), received monetary awards for their successful performances at both the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and general end-of-year assessment at the agency’s third annual bursary award ceremony on Thursday.

The first-time bursary awardees were Malika Henry, Shamyra Sulaman, Anthony Thom Jnr., Malachi Sancho, Bhunita Mahase, Keiara Moore, Sabra Woolford and Neil Williams.
Attending the small ceremony at the GCAA’s head office were the authority’s Director-General, Lt. Col. (ret’d), Egbert Field A.A., along with other directors, staff and parents of the awardees.
The director-general encouraged the awardees to continue striving for excellence and lauded them for their exemplary performances at the various examinations.

“You have just overcome one of the challenges in life and you have the ability to overcome the other challenges ahead,” Field said.
He also expressed gratitude to the parents for working with their children and encouraged that they continue to provide moral and emotional support to them.

Meanwhile, in delivering the charge to the awardees, GCAA Director of Corporate Development, Chaitrani Heeralall, encouraged the students to always put their best into whatever they do.

GCAA’s Bursary programme started in 2017 as part of its corporate social responsibility and provides monetary award to the children of Staff who performed well at the NGSA. The awardees will continue to receive financial support from the authority for the remainder of their secondary school tenure.