Govt. announces limited UG scholarships for young people

Jul 04, 2018 News

In keeping with its promise to direct focus to young people, Government has been making available a number of scholarships in several areas.
The scholarships which target people 35 years and younger are in the areas of General Psychology [Diploma], Applied and Exploration Geology [BEng], Entrepreneurship [BSc], Finance [BSc], Geography [BA.], Geological Engineering [BEng.], Information Systems [BSc.], Mathematics [BSc], Medicine [MBBS], Physics [ BSc.] and Sociology [BSc.]
In a notice published in the Sunday Edition [July 1, 2018] of Kaieteur News, it was revealed that Government is offering a limited number of these scholarships at the University of Guyana for the 2018/2019 academic year.
Aside from being 35 years or under, those eligible to apply must be in good health to complete the programme successfully and must possess a minimum of five subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Certificate Education [CSEC] examination level inclusive of English Language and Mathematics with Grade I, II and III.
Applicants must also gain admission to the University of Guyana and current students must have a minimum Grade Point Average of 2.8. Applicants must also have a valid Guyana passport, the notice added.
Those desirous of applying can obtain forms from the Scholarships Department of the Ministry of Presidency, Department of Public Service. Closing date for applications is Saturday July 7, 2018.
Since ascending to office in 2015, the APNU+AFC Government has been giving immense emphasis to scholarships.
Soon after taking office, the Government was forced to cast its attention to the issue of scholarships for top performing students of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination.
On that issue, Minister of State Joseph Harmon had said that because of its emphasis on young people, the coalesced APNU+AFC Government was committed to continuing the granting of scholarships to the top performers to universities of their choosing up to the end of 2015. He had however divulged that, “Thereafter Cabinet has mandated the Minister of Education to examine the programme carefully and to come up with firm recommendations.”
Harmon had disclosed that Cabinet had given guidance to the Education Minister that in looking at the condition for the award of scholarships that “the Minister and the Ministry consider scholarships for people in Guyana at UG.”
This, he had related, would translate to the expansion of the scholarship programme where it is no longer limited to the top performing students pursuing studies abroad but also to include “deserving students in Guyana who can pursue degrees at UG.”
Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, commenting on the scholarship for top performers told this publication, “Whatever people are due, they will get. There is no plan to disadvantage anyone so once they are due, they will get it. I don’t think they have anything to worry about; once they are eligible.”

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