bpTT invests in new scholarship

BpTT has launched a new scholarship and awards programme for residents of Mayaro. Brighter Prospects, the bpTT Scholarship Award programme, which was launched on June 17, seeks to offer scholarships to students who possess the skills and knowledge to pursue academic and technical/vocational training, but whose parents may lack the necessary means for them to do so. bpTT has invested more than $500,000 in the programme, which will initially run for three years. The programme of the incentives has been created for students from pre-school to Primary, through to Secondary and on to Tertiary and technical/vocational training. BpTT has partnered with several educational institutions including the University of the West Indies and the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Technology under this programme. At an official ceremony at the Mayaro Resource Centre Mayaro, bpTT’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Riley said Brighter Prospects was well in line with the company’s commitment to sustainable social development in the communities in which bpTT operates.

“Specifically it is in keeping with our aspiration to encourage and support the residents of Mayaro in the pursuit and attainment of tertiary level academic and technical vocational training-resulting in increased opportunities for income generation’” he said. The programme also provides a catalyst for those new entrepreneurs in the community, once they qualify, to access the facilities offered in the Mayaro Initiative and Private Enterprise Development. Riley called on other members of the corporate sector to come together to work toward the further development of the Mayaro community. Also addressing the ceremony were Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, Senator Danny Montano and Minister of Works and Transport and MP for Ortoire/Mayaro, Franklyn Khan. Minister Montano, who lauded the project, described it as an example of the kind of programme that was needed in other communities and, like Riley, recognised the important role the private sector had to play in building communities and encouraging community empowerment.