Thirteen students, who will step into secondary schools across the island in September, have received full 5-year scholarships from the NCCU. The students were presented with the awards at a scholarship presentation held at the credit union's head office in Roseau on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. The scholarships cover school fees, books, uniforms, examination fees and transportation. 

The proud receipients are all children of members from the communities served by the six branches of the NCCU.They are:

Two new annual scholarships in the the names of credit union soldier and leader, Kenneth Anthony Richards,  and credit union pioneer, Johnson Joseph George Thomas, were introduced by NCCU in 2016.

 NCCU President Josephine Dublin informed the ceremony that the  "presentation of these 13 scholarships this morning brings our total scholarships  to 59; 57  students attending secondary school and two students attending the Dominica State College". She further stated that "for the 2015-2016 academic year, expenses for the NCCU Ltd Scholarship programme totaled in excess of $66,000. We are now in our sixth year of existence. Over the last five years, the NCCU Ltd has spent over  $400,000 under our annual scholarship programme."   

 We congratulate our 2016 scholars, warmly welcome them to the NCCU "one big family" and wish them success.   

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