Scholarship recipients urged to uphold excellence

This year’s recipients of the JPS & Partners Co-operative Credit Union Scholarship have been encouraged to uphold a standard of excellence as they embark on their high-school and tertiary-education journeys.

State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Rhoda Moy Crawford, underscored that scholarships and bursaries, which often ease financial burdens, serve as a powerful expression of confidence in a student’s potential.

“Your work has been seen. Your potential has been recognised. Now, your responsibility is to sustain the standard of excellence you have already demonstrated,” she said. Crawford delivered the keynote address during Tuesday’s scholarship awards ceremony held at Swallowfield Chapel in St Andrew. Ten students were awarded Primary Exit Profile (PEP) bursaries valued at $20,000 each, while two university students received the Founders’ Scholarship, valued at $150,000 each.