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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/08/burger-king-1024x684.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-5114" /><figcaption> Chairman of Burger King, Lois Sherwood (right), presents the Lois Sherwood Scholarship to Amica Gordon, who will be pursuing Actuarial Science at the University of the West Indies. (Photo: JIS)</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Twenty-eight students from across the island, who have excelled academically, have been awarded scholarships, bursaries and grants totalling $5.1 million by restaurant franchise, Burger King Jamaica, to offset tuition and other school-related expenses.</p>
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<p>The scholars, who
will be pursuing secondary and tertiary studies, beginning in September, were
presented with their awards and prizes, during a ceremony held at the Terra
Nova Hotel, in Kingston, on Monday.</p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>“The best investment we can make in Jamaica is in our youth."</p><cite>—  Alando Terrelonge </cite></blockquote>
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<p>Minister of State in
the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alando Terrelonge, in his
remarks, noted that an education is the best gift that can be given to a child.</p>
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<p>“The best investment
we can make in Jamaica is in our youth. The best investment we can make is in developing
the human capital of this country. These young [students] are that human
capital. It is in them that we must spend billions of dollars to ensure their
prosperity and the prosperity of our nation,” he said.</p>
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