Banks DIH gives monetary awards to 15 educational institutions

President David Granger (seated at centre), with Banks DIH Chairman Clifford Reis (seated at right) and Banks DIH Human Resources Director Paul Carto (seated left) with awardees (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Fifteen educational institutions received monetary awards from Banks DIH last Thursday evening to continue fostering educational opportunities to the nation.

The awards, which amounted to approximately $4 million in total, were given to technical and non-technical institutes of learning at a Ceremony to Celebrate Education on the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Guyana, hosted by Banks DIH Limited at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, under the theme ‘A bridge to the future’.

The recipients of the awards are the Carnegie School of Home Economics, the Government Technical Institute, Essequibo, Linden and New Amsterdam Technical Institutes, The Guyana Industrial Training Centre, the Kuru Kuru Training Centre, the Mahaicony Technical and Vocational Centre, the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, the Sophia Training Centre, FORCE GRECO Training Centre, GuySuCo Training Centre, the Mashabo Primary School, the Burnham Education Scholarship Trust (BEST) and STEMGuyana.