One of the largest companies offering onshore services for the oil and gas sector, Guyana Shore Base, has announced a scholarship programme for Guyanese to study at various Technical Institutes across the country.

The company believes the move will aid in building capacity in the oil and gas sector where certain critical skills are lacking.

According to GYSBI, the scholarships will be opened to persons between 16-25 and will be available at the Essequibo Technical Institute, Government Technical Institute, Linden Technical Institute, Mahaicony Technical Institute, New Amsterdam Technical Institute, and the Upper Corentyne Technical Institute.

The initiative will cover expenses such as travel, uniforms, study materials, registration, and examination fees.

Additionally, the company will recruit the scholarship awardees as interns, and on the completion of their studies, they will be offered full-time jobs with the company.

General Manager of GYSBI, Robert Albiez, explained that the company wants to create a programme which will benefit young Guyanese, and ensure they are equipped with valuable life skills and positively engaged.  

“This initiative is simply our investment in the young people of Guyana so that they can benefit from the bountiful opportunities existing in this country. It is our intention to offer approximately 10 scholarships per year in any area of study selected by the successful applicants at the identified Technical Institutes and we are looking forward to having our first cohort come September 2023,” he said.  

The company said the scholarship  initiative was birthed, after the company realized that a massive gap exists for technical skills within the oil and gas sector, and not many persons are qualified to take up positions within the sector.

“What we have found is that a lot of persons who are working in Operations have 10 or 20 years of experience because they were informally trained or they worked in the mining industry, etc. but they do not have formal education certificates. So, we want to be able to create and develop a workforce, which will be both experienced and certified three or five years from now. GYSBI, as a Guyanese company, has always focused on creating tangible opportunities for Guyanese and this is just another one of our initiatives geared at doing that,” he said.  

As it relates to eligibility, anyone who is between the ages of 16 and 25, has been accepted for a programme at any of the Technical Institutes (new and current students), and is willing to serve an internship at GYSBI during semester breaks, can apply. 

Each beneficiary of this initiative will have their yearly academic expenses up to the sum of GYD$500,000 covered by the company.

To access the application form and list of documents required, please visit www.Gysbi.gy/scholarship-form/.

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