The Cuban scholarships appear to have lost some of their appeal in Guyana because students are not applying and over 300 spots are available.

During a recent visit to Region Ten, President Bharrat Jagdeo called on qualified students to apply and even urged elders in the community to ensure that young persons who have at least five subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) apply to the Public Service Ministry.

“This is the first time in this country that the Government of Guyana has scholarships available and we are looking for young people to send. More students need to apply,” the Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted Jagdeo as saying.

The Cuban government has offered 715 scholarships for Guyanese to pursue medicine in Cuba over the next five years. An additional 250 scholarships were offered for agriculture and engineering; each discipline will be awarded 25 students annually for the next five years. This is all in addition to other students to be sent to Cuba from the last 350 scholarships obtained in 2001 by the President.

Over 300 Guyanese are already in Cuba studying. Of this number close to 120 are in medicine, 90 in engineering and 30 in agriculture. The Cuban government pays for tuition and accommodation and the Guyana Government provides a stipend.

Forms could be uplifted at Regional Democratic Offices. A special faculty is to be established for Guyanese students in Cuba so that they could all study on the same campus.

Jagdeo also told residents during this visit that Guyana is hoping to train an additional 2,000 nurses and 200 medexes to accommodate its five-year plan, GINA said.

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