Students graduate from army’s work-study programme

Sep 02, 2014 News

Some of the students who completed their work-study programme with the army on Friday.

The final 66, of the 140 students who participated in the 2014 Work Study programme with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), were presented with certificates of participation, at a simple closing ceremony at Base Camp Ayanganna on Friday last.

During the ceremony, some students performed a poetry recital. Seventy-four other students had completed their attachments earlier, the army said in a release yesterday.

Staff Officer, Major Lorraine Foster, congratulated the students on their successes at the 2014 CSEC examinations, and encouraged them to continue working hard to achieve future goals. “On behalf of the Chief of Staff and all the Officers and Ranks of the GDF, I congratulate you all. To those who realised their dreams you have gained the fruits of your labours. However, those of you who may have fallen short of the mark know that this is not the end of the road,” she said. “Those of you, who are continuing on to university, understand that you cannot take the high school mentality there with you. You are going to have to mature very quickly and continue to work hard to be successful.” she added.

The Work-Study programme is an annual activity that sees the GDF providing on-the-job learning for students graduating from various educational institutions across the country.

The students, who participate each year, are drawn from the Ministry of Education, the Kuru Kuru Co-operative College, the Government Technical Institute, GRECO, and a few private educational institutions.

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