UWI Bursary Awards 2024 - Mustique Charitable Trust

Three (3) Bursaries awarded for 2024-2025 Academic Year at the UWI Global Campus, St Vincent & the Grenadines

This is the 16th disbursement of bursaries awarded under this Programme and each year, a matrix-based assessment is used to identify and interview community-oriented candidates who needs financial assistance. A committee then reviews the shortlisted candidates to select those candidates fitting to receive a Bursary.

The committee selected the following Three (3) candidates to receive the Mustique Charitable Trust Bursary Award for the 2024/2025 Academic Year:

Chiaka Bulze (Female) – Bachelor of Science: Accounting
Ezron Horne (Male) – Bachelor of Science: Management Studies
Carlotta Edwards (Female) – Bachelor of Education: Educational Leadership & Management

These Three (3) candidates now join the Mustique Charitable Trust Bursary Programme, which has awarded 45 Bursaries since January 2010 and has seen 31 graduated awardees who have received 17 First Class Degrees, 7 Upper Second Degree, 6 Lower Second Degrees and 1 Certificate.

The MCT Bursary covers 60% of the Academic Fees and provides a laptop to the Awardees for their online classes.

Chiaka BulzeBachelor of Science: Accounting

Chiaka Bulze is an Administrative & Accounting Officer in the Government owned Hotel Project Implementation Unit. A single mother with an eight-year-old daughter with hopes for a better life for them both. She wishes to attain her bachelor’s degree, as her dreams will not be stifled by constraints or fear but through toil and earnest efforts, she’ll reach her highest gain.

Ezron HorneBachelor of Science: Management Studies

Ezron Horne is a farmer who is determined to overcome any obstacles in his path to achieve his goals and make his family proud. Being the first in his family to graduate both secondary and tertiary education level, he now seeks higher education to achieve a bachelor’s degree. He sees this degree as an opportunity to use modern ideas and increase the value of farm products beyond the field through technological and operational advances.

Carlotta EdwardsBachelor of Education: Educational Leadership & Management (Major)

Carlotta Edwards is dedicated to assisting our young Vincentians in the fields of education management and construction. She is an instructor and assessor for the CVQ’s Level 1 Building Construction Drafting Program at the North Leeward Technical Institute. She sees this degree as a chance to create interactive modules that would make learning more accessible and engaging, especially for students who encounter financial challenges.