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

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

University of Guyana’s Vice-Chancellor, XI, Prof. Paloma Mohamed Martin supported  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,  long service awardees, the children, and their families, she congratulated the students  and wished them well as they continue their academic journeys. “We are not  considering whether they passed to go to a top school or a low school, we are  considering the fact that they wrote the examination and passed under very difficult  times, and we wanted to always consider the equitable distribution of what we can  share.” 

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

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

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

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

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

It is hoped that this will be an annual award to children of Faculty and Staff from this  year on. 

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

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