BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – IN its continued programme of education and training, the Organisation of American States (OAS), through its Department of Human Development, Education and Culture (DHDEC), has awarded scholarships to five citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis for Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Studies 2011/2012.
The five scholars, who were selected under the OAS-Placed and Self-Placed Scholarship categories, are Steadroy Everly Pemberton, Charlene Bowry, Shara Karyn Maynard, Colin Cannonier and Ghanja Karmena O’Flaherty.
Cannonier, selected under the Self-Placed Scholarship category, will be pursuing a Doctorate in Economics at the Louisiana State University in the US, while Pemberton, under the OAS- Placed Scholarship category, will pursue his Master’s degree in Finance at an institution in the Caribbean or Canada.
Bowry will be writing for her Master’s degree in Psychology with an institution in Canada or the US by way of distance learning, while Maynard will pursue a Master’s degree in Tourism Promotion at a university in the US, Canada or the Caribbean. Both scholars were selected under the same category as Pemberton.
At the Undergraduate level, O’Flaherty was awarded a scholarship to write a Bachelor of Science degree at Carleton University in Canada. She, too, was selected under the OAS-Placed category.
Speaking from his Fortlands Office, St. Kitts and Nevis OAS Representative Starret Greene said, “The OAS remains fully committed to helping the government and people of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis strengthen their human resources, given that an educated and trained citizenry was an essential ingredient in the process of building a vibrant and strong democracy through sustained political, economic, social and cultural advancement.”
He pointed out that his organisation has awarded approximately 155 academic scholarships at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels to citizens of the Federation between 1985 and 2010 at a cost of US$9 300 000.
Green noted that under its Professional Development Training Programme, the OAS also provides scholarships to candidates to pursue short-term courses designed to strengthen their expertise and expose them to new trends and developments in their specialised line of work.
“Additionally,” the OAS Representative stressed, “under the Leo S. Rowe Fund, the OAS provides interest-free student loans to candidates pursuing academic studies, but only at universities on mainland United States of America.”
