A batch of 50 students who benefited from scholarships to study at the secondary, technical and tertiary levels under the Hinterland Scholarship Programme graduated on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the Amerindian Village, Sophia Exhibition Complex.
According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), 40 of the 50 students wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination last year and achieved passes at an average of seven or eight subjects per student and an overall pass rate of 86 %. This is an eight per cent increase over the previous years.
In his address at the graduation ceremony, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds extended felicitations to the students