Three top Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) students have received scholarships valued at $50,000 each from Facey Commodity Company, under its Tang brand.

The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will be expanding its curricula and programme options with its engineering department, to be launched soon.

The Government is calling on more corporate companies to partner with the island’s educational institutions in a bid to boost their outputs.

Chief Executive Officer of the Child Development Agency (CDA), Rosalee Gage-Grey, said she is pleased with the performance of children in state care in the grades six and nine achievement tests.

The Government is reminding parents that free text books are available for primary school children, while there is a book rental system in place for students at the secondary level.