Contact:
Primus J. Hutchinson
Tuesday,
September 11, 2001
–
Education Minister Honourable Mario Michel says the bursary system currently
being operated by his ministry is a far cry from what existed prior to 1997 and
has yielded much better results. Speaking
at a press conference on Tuesday, September 11, held at the studios of the
Government Information Service, Minister Michel described the new bursary system
as one with qualitative and quantitative value.
Mr.
Michel noted that prior to 1997 when he assumed office, an average of 100
students received bursaries each year to assist with the purchase of
schoolbooks. Since 1997, he said,
an average of three thousand needy students per year have been assisted under
the new and improved bursary system and this year a total of 3,260 students were
added to the scheme.
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