THE Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) awarded 17 of its members’ children who would have performed exceptionally well at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination.

GPSU presented the awards during a Bursary Awards Ceremony at its Shiv Chanderpaul Drive Headquarters on Friday.
The students received monetary awards as well as certificates and back-packs to aid in their preparation for the new academic year that commences on Monday, September 2, 2019.

The beneficiaries hail from Regions Two, Four, Five, Six and 10.
Education Officer, Vera Naughton, in delivering remarks, said through the bursary, the union is assisting parents in providing a better educational life for their children.
“We are here to assist all parents in making your children have a better future and we are providing a small token this afternoon in the form of whatever we are going to give you of some assistance,” she said.

She pointed out that education is a very important medium of acquiring essential knowledge and skills.
“It is important that we have intelligent young people who would understand the modern problems of society and they will be able to solve problems that would come up, in a proper way. Education is the key to all knowledge and success,” Naughton added.
Dawn Gardener, GPSU’s First Vice-President, in her remarks, said it is very important that the union supports its members and as such, the ceremony was intended to show gratitude to the members of the union and their children.

Gardener also educated the students about the GPSU and its importance in society.
The GPSU is hoping to make the event an annual one as it wishes to continue supporting its members and the youths of Guyana.

Gratitude was expressed by the recipients and their parents to the union for its outstanding initiative to give back to society.
Also present at the event was President of the Guyana Public Service Union, Patrick Yarde, and other members.