GINA
-- The Ministry of Education has expressed warmest
congratulations to Miss
Amlata Persaud,
who was recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes scholarship.
Persaud,
who is currently a final year student pursuing an
undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politcs and Economics (PPE)
at Oxford University, is a former pupil of Queen's College.
She was the Caribbean's top Caribbean Secondary Education
Certificate Examinations (CSEC) pupil in 1999, winning the
prize for Best Performer in the Humanities and Guyana's top
achiever at the General Certificate of Education Advance Level
Examinations in 2001.
Persaud's
latest award, the Rhodes Scholarship, comes as no surprise to
the Ministry of Education, which has been following the young
woman's academic achievements over the years.
Criteria
for the award include proven intellectual and academic
achievements, caring for the weak, leadership and a desire to
return to one's country to contribute to its development.
The
Ministry of Education wishes Persaud well in her future
studies. The award is tenable only at the highly recognized
Oxford University.
Guyana's
first Rhodes Scholar was Habibullah
Niamatalli,
also a Queen's college student, in 1962.
DECEMBER
18, 2003
