JGHS students awarded prestigious scholarships

Two former John Gray High School students, Abigail Rose and Diamond White, have been named government high school scholars by the Ministry of Education, and for that, will receive a scholarship worth up to $100,000 per year to further their studies.

Both students graduated from the school last year and were presented with their scholarships at a ceremony at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort last week.

The Ministry’s Acting Chief Officer Ms Lyneth Monteith explained the programme came about last year because they wanted to expand access to the highest quality education for government high school graduates who exhibited academic excellence.

“It also aims to create equal opportunity for both male and female graduates to realise the full benefits of high-quality education, and raise the profile of our government schools by incentivising other pupils to exert more effort to excel as exhibited by these exemplary role models from their schools,” she said.

The scholarship will go towards the students’ overseas undergraduate tertiary studies.

Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly implored the students to continue striving for excellence and making the people of the Cayman Islands proud.

Minister O’Connor-Connolly also noted the importance of the programme in motivating and empowering Caymanians.

“Through the government high schools scholar award, we have expanded access to the most prestigious universities, and the pathway to achieving the highest heights has now been made even clearer,” she said.

The scholars were selected from the Cayman Islands government schools graduating class of 2022.

 For more information on the government high schools scholar award programme, visit www.gov.ky/education .