Nineteen public-sector workers have been awarded full scholarships to pursue advanced studies at local and international tertiary institutions.
They are the third cohort to benefit from the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship, which is administered by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.
The awards ceremony was held at King’s House on Thursday, to coincide with the 136th anniversary of the birth of Jamaica’s first National Hero, in whose honour the scholarship is named.
Awardees will be pursuing courses in national security, public health, computer-based management information systems, family medicine, construction management, law, applied data science, forensic science and renewable energy technology.
Head of the Strategic Human Resource Management Division in the Ministry of Finance, Wayne Jones, says the scholarship forms part of efforts by the government to transform the public sector to world class standards.
Wayne Jones, Head of the Strategic Human Resource Management Division in the Ministry of Finance, speaking at the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship awards ceremony.
The scholarships were established by the government in 2020.
The programme offers 30 graduate scholarships annually at an estimated cost of 1 billion dollars over five years.
Forty four public sector workers have so far received a scholarship.
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