Vincentians graduate from Cuban universities

Ten newly qualified young Vincentians are set to give an injection to the human resource pool of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), courtesy the SVG-Cuba scholarship programme. Four of the graduates took five-year degree programmes in Physical Education and Sports, while the remaining six are medical doctors after six years of study.{{more}}

Topping the group academically was Dr Nicole Cupid from Gomea, who was awarded a Gold Diploma, which is Cuba’s Magna Cum Laude. Her five colleagues all performed excellently, which contributed to the SVG student contingent repeatedly topping all 84 nations pursuing university studies in the Republic of Cuba, with 100 per cent passes during the last five years.

The other medical doctors, who all studied at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Las Tunas are Drs Daniele Myers, Tshaka Patterson, Jomo Laidlow, Kyrle Walker and Keverna Williams.

Meanwhile, the sporting and physical education talent will benefit from the skills acquired from the quartet comprising lone female Keisha Bailey, Kashaka Bulze, Samora Ralph and Ozari Williams. They completed their degrees at the prestigious Manual Fajardo University of Physical Education and Sports in Havana, from which other Vincentians have graduated before them. All four were athletes at home before embarking on studies in Cuba and now look forward to contributing to the continued development of physical education and sports.

They follow in the footsteps on many before them who have benefited from free university offered by the Government and People of the Republic of Cuba under a programme which began in 1980 and has seen over 200 Vincentian professionals graduating in a wide array of academic disciplines.