Awardees display their certificates with (front row: left to right) Malbis Aranda, lecturer at Sam Sharpe Teachers' College, Carmen Rives Ruiz-Tapiador, Chargée d’Affaires in the Embassy of Spain, Aracelis Duffus-Anedu, chairperson, Modern Languages Board of Studies at Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica, and two lecturers at Shortwood Teachers' College. (second row: left to right) Ramonia Hamilton, lecturer at Church Teachers’ College, Mrs Merlene Blake, Head of Modern Languages Department at Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, Vanessa Meggoe, SJF Project Manager, and (fifth left) Nordia Antwine-Wint, President of the National Spanish Teachers Association (ANPE). (Photo: Spanish/Jamaican Foundation)
March 10, 2017
Spanish/Jamaican Foundation awards scholarships to 20 student teachers
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Spanish/Jamaican Foundation (SJF) recently awarded 20 pre-service teachers from the Shortwood, Church and Sam Sharpe teachers’ colleges with cheques for the payment of tuition at their respective schools.
The awardees are all student teachers who are reading for diplomas and degrees in the teaching of Spanish. They received their awards at a ceremony at the Shortwood Teachers’ College, which also featured Spanish performances from students at the three colleges.
In a release, SJF said they began awarding scholarships in 2012 in recognition of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary.
