Dear Editor,

I COMMEND Mohamed Enterprise for its kindness and generosity for the educational grant given to Parmesh Ramgobin, who was among the leading performers at last June’s CSEC (GC Nov 14). In so doing, Mohamed Enterprise demonstrates a beneficence and social commitment to helping students of limited financial means. Other businesses and individuals of strong financial means should follow suit.

There are many businesses that have been doing extremely well financially but hardly any of them seek to help the less fortunate in our midst and none of them offer financial assistance to students who are in need of help to continue their education. In fact, some of them get a lot of government contracts in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but don’t help the poor. On this note, Mohamed Enterprise stands out among all large businesses.

Mohamed’s grant to this youngster highlights the fact that hard work and achievement attracts rewards. The company has committed to helping Parmesh receive financial assistance to pursue his university education. He has already started the University of Guyana reading for his BSc in Biology.

Parmesh Ramgobin excelled at the 2021 CSEC. He sat 20 subjects and received 15 ones and five twos grades. The normal number of subjects is between eight and 10. A minimum of five is needed for entrance into university. The kid also happens to be among the top performers in the country and the West Indies in 2021. Parmesh’s parents, Dinesh and Chandrawati Ramgobin, expressed pride in their son’s achievements and gratitude to Mohamed Enterprise for assistance.

The Managing Director of Mohamed’s Enterprise, Nazar Mohamed met with the young man who is Essequibo’s top CSEC 2021 student and honoured him with a hefty cheque to further his education.  He committed to funding the young man’s education through his academic journey.

I salute Mohamed for his kindness. The student’s story of struggling to fund his education is very moving and brought back memories of my own struggle to obtain an education. While I passed Common Entrance, topping my school, and won a spot at Berbice High, I opted for Chandisingh in Port Mourant because of high transportation cost of travelling to New Amsterdam that I could not afford. I too worked my way through high school and college in New York to pay tuition and habitable expenses as well as for sitting GCE. I experienced hardship like Parmesh and overcame them and went to earn multiple doctorates and MAs through hard work and the support of others. And like him, I too studied the natural sciences for my bachelor’s degree (Bio-Chem) before pursuing the social sciences for my post graduate studies. And while not a businessman or by any means financially well off, I have endeavoured to help the less fortunate with their education with my small income earned from teaching.

This grant from Mohamed will no doubt ease the financial burden of the youngster. Mohamed told reporters that he hopes that his grant will help to empower the student to continue pursuing his educational goals. Clearly, it shows that Mohamed is generous and caring, and unselfishly give to support the educational endeavours of deserving students. Mohamed’s Enterprise stands out as a shining beacon and where other companies have failed the nation. There are so many others doing extremely well but don’t offer “a little something” to anyone. Some small businesses are known to help the less fortunate, but most big businesses have avoided their corporate social responsibility. Hopefully, Mohamed’s generosity will inspire others to give back to students in need.

Yours truly,
Vishnu Bisram