Speaking yesterday at the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s (CMI) graduation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that in the very near future, students who are pursuing courses / programs that are considered vital to the country’s development, will be given preferred status when applying for loans from the Students Loan Bureau (SLB). He said that he had already had discussions on the matter with SLB executive director Lenice Barnett.
Prime Minister Golding said specifically, “I am very insistent that the Government has a responsibility to start to direct the resources. If you want to access resources on terms that are preferential, then you must understand that those who are making the funds available have an investment in ensuring that you study something that is useful, something that the country needs.“
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