MARAD hosts Awards ceremony for students & essay competition winners

GINA, GUYANA, Friday, October 21st, 2016

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) today hosted an award ceremony at the MARAD boardroom, Battery Road, Kingston, Georgetown.

The simple but significant ceremony was twofold, which saw the organisations awarding the children of parents who work in the Maritime, and Transport & Harbours Departments bursaries and prizes for the winners of the essay competition which was promoted  in observance of World Maritime Day.

World Maritime Day which was observed on September 29, 2016 under the theme- ‘Shipping: Indispensable to the world’.

Students who would have done exceptionally well at the recently concluded Grade six and  Caribbean Secondary Examinations  Council (CSEC) examinations and winners of the essay competition  were congratulated by Director of Ports, Louise Williams who expressed pride in their achievements.

Williams told the gathering that that shipping is very important and has been around for many years and will be around for many more years. “There is no country that is self-sufficient, no one country can produce everything that they would need and therefore there is need for shipping, 80 percent of the world

goods/committees are traded through shipping” Williams said.

Chief Port Security Officer Dwain Nurse in his remarks said that the essay competition is new to the organization. He explained that over the last two years they (MARAD) have been celebrating the World Maritime Day with exhibitions to showcase what the organization is about. However, this time around they wanted the students to be more involved, hence the essay competition, Nurse said.

Nurse also highlighted that the essay was aimed at making students understand a little bit more on what is being done at the organisations and the opportunities they can have as Mariners.

Essay writers were judged and assessed by a committee based on: Organisation structure, language, style definition and reference approach. The essay competition had two categories. Category A- 11 to 15 years, and the topic was- ‘Shipping is vital in supporting and sustaining Guyana’s economic growth. Discuss’.

Category B-16 to 18 years, topic was – ‘What improvements are necessary for the local shipping industry to impact global trade’.

Winners of Category A-11 to 15 years

1^st place- Kendra Trotman

2^nd place- Kayla Dwarka

3^rd place- Alex Bacchus

 

Winners of Category B-16 to 18 years

1^st place- Kenny Bisnauth

2^nd place- Vishan Ragobeer

 

Bursary Awards for the Grade 6 Assessment-

Macaria Bhimdat- Best Graduating Student- awarded St Stanislaus College

Tyrese Spiers- awarded St Joseph’s High School

 

Bursary Awards for the CSEC Examinations

Shineika Cort- Best Graduating Students

Javed Pearson

Cheryce Waithe

Kerry Rose

Aalyah Harper

Leon Liverpool

 

 

By: Gabreila Patram