JPS & Partners gives more than $3m in scholarships

THE TERM ‘back to school’ was given new meaning in the year 2020, as most schools resorted to online classes due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic plaguing Jamaica. This has brought about many challenges for students and teachers alike and has placed an additional financial burden on many families.

The financial burden has been reduced for 52 students entering high school and one student entering university. As part of its commitment to its members and to the education of the youth, the JPS & Partners Co-operative Credit Union made awards to these students at a value of over $3.8 million.

The scholarships were presented at the Half-Way Tree and Kirkvine branches with a virtual celebration held on Zoom.

The winner of the Albert ‘Bertie’ Morris Scholarship, Dennesia Malcolm, expressed her gratitude for the award and praised JPS & Partners Co-operative Credit Union for demonstrating its commitment to the future through the award of the scholarship. The Albert ‘Bertie’ Morris Scholarship covers three years of study and is awarded to a first-year student of a local tertiary institution.

Donelle Grant, recipient of the Carl Little Scholarship, having attained the highest score among the credit union’s PEP applicants, expressed her gratitude on behalf of all the PEP/High School Bursary recipients. She spoke of the difficult tasks faced by parents to ensure that their children are prepared for the new school year and how helpful awards like these are in helping to alleviate these difficulties.

The JPS & Partners Co-operative Credit Union has formed a partnership with the Central Branch All-Age School. Each year as part of this partnership, the credit union awards three high school bursaries to grade-six students of the school who were successful in their PEP exams. The proud recipients this year were Kazia Cooper, Raheem Bailey and Daniellia Robertson.