Two students enrolled in the discipline of Maritime Studies at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) have been presented with the Minister’s Award of Maritime Excellence for 2022.
Minister of Tourism and International Transport, lan Gooding-Edghill, congratulated and presented 20-year old Abigail Rollock and 40-year-old Shawn Seales with awards on Friday, January 13, for their outstanding performances in the Marine Diesel Engineering Diploma Programme and Marine Operations Certificate Programme, respectively.
During the ceremony at the Ministry’s One Barbados Place, Warrens, St. Michael location, Minister Gooding-Edghill noted that the Minister’s Award is intended to encourage students to seek careers in the marine sector, which he noted as having “vital importance” to Barbados’ socioeconomic development.
Minister Gooding-Edghill stated: “The maritime sector is fundamental to a nation’s socioeconomic development, especially for small island developing states (SIDS), which are primarily reliant on the importation of goods and services. This is illustrated by the efficient, reliable and low cost transportation provided by ships, which bring essential commodities to the region; cruise ships which bring visitors to our shores; and fishermen and watersports operators, for example, who ply their trade in our waters.
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