Last Updated on August 26, 2022, 7:19 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Geoffery Hanley, reached the RLB International Airport for the students leaving to pursue higher education in the republic of China (Taiwan). The Minister of Education bade farewell to three of the eleven students leaving for Taiwan on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.
The three students out of eleven who received the scholarship to pursue undergraduate degrees in the Republic of China (Taiwan) were bidden farewell by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Dr Geoffrey Hanley. They encouraged the students before their departure for the East-Asian country.
Dr Hanley was at the airport with the students Hakim Blackmoore, Everton Liburd and Rasarles Nisbett while they waited to board the aircraft, starting a new chapter of their lives.
Hakim Blackmoore has planned to study Journalism and Mass Communication at Ming Chuan University.
Everton Liburd will study Mechanical Engineering at Kian Shian University.
Rasarles Nisbett will pursue Computer Science and Information Engineering studies at the National Dong Hwa University.
The three students are going to separate universities. However, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Hanley reminded them that as nationals of St Kitts and Nevis, each one had the responsibility to represent the twin-island Federation proudly.
They were encouraged to take complete advantage of the many opportunities that will come along during their years of study in Taiwan and to use these opportunities to positively impact their lives and the lives of the people they encounter.
Nisbett said it was “heartwarming to see that he cares about us taking time out of his busy schedule as the education minister to come and see us off. That was a great morale booster.”
Liburd agreed, adding that Dr Hanley’s “words of motivation positively impacted us.”
Blackmoore said he was excited to begin this new chapter in his life in Taiwan. “I will represent my country by doing good, and when I come back, I will contribute to the upward movement of media in St. Kitts and Nevis.”
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