The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) this morning (November 06, 2020) organized simple activity to present bursary awards to children of union members from the Demerara branches who wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) earlier this year. The activity which was held under strict COVID-19 precautions is one that the Union is proud to organise and is one of the benefits of being a union member.
Delivering brief remarks, GAWU’s General Secretary Seepaul Narine congratulated the students on their achievement. He shared that, like their parents, the Union was also proud of them. He encouraged them to work diligently as they enter high school and noted that learning has become more difficult with COVID-19 but encouraged the students not to become daunted but continue dedicatedly in their school work.
Altogether the union will distribute sixteen (16) bursaries. At today’s activity six (6) were handed out and at a similar activity organized on November 09, 2020 in Berbice the remaining ten (10) will be distributed. Additionally, the GAWU Credit Union awarded bursaries to three (3) members of the society.
