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Heritage Partners to Empower Future Leaders

SOCIAL PROGRAMME: EDUCATION Heritage Partners to Empower Future Leaders

Recipients of scholarships for the Industrial Craft Programme in Electrical Installation along with representatives of the Point Fortin Borough Corporation, MIC, UTT and Heritage.

As the leading state enterprise, Heritage continues to develop and deliver on its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies, a pillar of which is supporting educational opportunities.

On November 14, 2022, at a media launch held at Point Fortin Borough Town Hall, Heritage, in collaboration with the Point Fortin Borough Corporation and the MIC Institute of Technology, awarded 10 scholarships to individuals selected to pursue a two-year Industrial Craft Programme (ICP) in Electrical Installation.

Speaking at the launch, Dr. The Honourable Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, Minister of Education, thanked the collaborators for the initiative and encouraged all scholarship recipients to take advantage of the opportunity afforded to them. Echoing similar sentiments was Her Worship, The Mayor, Alderman Saleema Mc Cree-Thomas, who expounded on the power of education. Mrs. Thomas stated that it [education] creates opportunities that bridges borders and empowers future leaders and entrepreneurs.

Heritage Corporate Communications Manager, Ms. Arlene Gorin-George, urged the scholarship recipients to embrace the opportunity and run with it and

Heritage Corporate Communications Manager Arlene Gorin-George, hands over funding to one of the scholarship recipients.

encouraged them to make every effort to be the best they could be.

The 10 scholarship recipients will undertake their training at the MIC-Institute of Technology Government Vocational Centre (GVC) Point Fortin facility shortly.

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