<p>Twenty-eight (28) children of staff members of the University of Guyana who sat the&nbsp; 2021 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and will now move on to high school in&nbsp; Guyana.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>During a simple ceremony following its Long Service Awards hosted at the George&nbsp; Walcott Lecture Theatre at the University’s Turkeyen, Campus, the children,&nbsp; accompanied by their parents, were presented with their cheques by members of the&nbsp; University’s Senior Management Team (SMT).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>University of Guyana’s Vice-Chancellor, XI, Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin supported&nbsp; from her Vice-Chancellors Fund which she has personally seeded soon after becoming Vice-Chancellor in 2020. In sharing the special moment with colleagues in the SMT,&nbsp; long service awardees, the children, and their families, she congratulated the students&nbsp; and wished them well as they continue their academic journeys. “We are not&nbsp; considering whether they passed to go to a top school or a low school, we are&nbsp; considering the fact that they wrote the examination and passed under very difficult&nbsp; times, and we wanted to always consider the equitable distribution of what we can&nbsp; share.”&nbsp;</p>

<p>The VC also thanked the parents of the students whom she said have also made&nbsp; tremendous sacrifices to ensure the children persevered under the most challenging&nbsp; circumstances. “We also know that the parents from the University were lifting up our&nbsp; UG students and our students who had to graduate, while their own child/children&nbsp; might have been sometimes struggling,” the VC expressed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Bursaries are intended to be used to purchase school supplies and other items they may need.</p>

<p>The recipients of the cash vouchers were; Jaden Luke, Annabelle Rambaran, Gabrella&nbsp; Rajcoomar, Alicia Robinson, Asiyah Kalyan, Jamal Moore, Devon Williams, Melina&nbsp; Henry, Ezekiel Hector, Orldeo Hales, David Thorne, Claudius Singh (grandchild),&nbsp; Nikaya Craig, Dariah Halley, Tahir Jalani Fraser, Omari A. Richards, Aedan Massay,&nbsp; Melroy Pyle, Zarkha Hinds (grandchild), Kalil Schroeder (grandchild), Naiara Ahiliyia&nbsp; Budhram, Micaiah Enoe, Joseph Daniel, Chazaiah A.R. Bernard, Elisa Keshasamma&nbsp; Lee, Ashanti Joseph, Jaieem Cummings, and Ezwkie Marshall.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Those were the children and grandchildren respectively of: Karen Roberts-Luke – Library, Dr. Pheona Mohammed Rambaran – College of Medical Sciences, Jaya&nbsp; Rajcommar – College of Medical Sciences, Omodele Robinson – College of Medical&nbsp; Sciences, Diaram Kalyan – University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Faneea&nbsp; Shalim – UGBC, Carol Rodney – Facilities and Maintenance Department, Terrence&nbsp; Moriah - Facilities and Maintenance Department, Pearly Hector - Facilities and&nbsp; Maintenance Department, Chandradai Joseph - Facilities and Maintenance&nbsp; Department, Carmichael Thorne - Facilities and Maintenance Department, Shamwatti&nbsp; Sarwan - Facilities and Maintenance Department, Michelle Campbell-Craig - Faculty&nbsp; of Education &amp; Humanities, Mellissa Richmond - Faculty of Education &amp; Humanities,&nbsp; Ann Phillips - Faculty of Education &amp; Humanities, Keisa Johnson-Richards - Faculty&nbsp; of Education &amp; Humanities, Johnaton Massay – Tactical Online Services, Melroy Pyle&nbsp; – Faculty of Education and Humanities, Allason Forde - Facilities and Maintenance&nbsp; Department, Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram – Faculty of Social Sciences, Shonell Smith Enoe – Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruth Daniel – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Calvin&nbsp; Bernand – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Samuel Lee – Faculty of Natural Sciences,&nbsp; Christine Bovell – PACE, and Savana Marshall – Facilities and Maintenance&nbsp; Department. The names of the children were provided from the faculties through the&nbsp; personnel department&nbsp;</p>

<p>Congratulations were sent to the children and their parents from the Chancellor, Prof.&nbsp; Edward Greene; Vice-Chancellor, XI, Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin; Deputy Vice Chancellors, Prof. Emanuel Cummings (Academic Engagement) and Dr. Mellissa Ifill&nbsp; (Institutional Advancement); and the entire Senior Management Team, Faculty, and&nbsp; Staff of the University of Guyana.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>It is hoped that this will be an annual award to children of Faculty and Staff from this&nbsp; year on.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="" class="responsive;" src="https://uog.edu.gy/sites/default/files/attachments/ngsa.jpg" style="width:100%;" /></p>

<p>University of Guyana’s XI, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin (in the red&nbsp; dress centre) along with UG Staff and their children who received the bursaries</p>

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