Four KC Students Awarded Cuban Medical Scholarships
Kemar Samuels,Jevayne Mills
Four Kingston College sixth formers were included in the record number of Jamaican students who have received scholarships to Cuba this year. They are Warren McCalla, Jevayne Mills, Kemar Samuels and Paul Soman.
This year’s all expense paid scholarships include 70 in medicine, expanded from five last year; 40 in nursing; 11 in sports and physical education; 9 in engineering and seven in other areas.
The students were seen off at a farewell ceremony at the Jamaica Conference Centre, down-town Kingston, by KCOB and Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Anthony Hylton and Cuban Ambassador, Gisela Garcia Rivera.
KCOB Dr. Ray Fraser who is a medical graduate of the Cuban programme and who was instrumental in alerting the school of the importance of the KC students applying for the scholarship was also on hand to orient the four recipients. The Senior Medical Officer (SMO) of the Annotto Bay Hospital numbers amongst some 10 KCOB’s who have been beneficiaries of the Cuban Scholarship since its inception in 1979. Others include Shaka ’Zulu’ Cooke and Ricardo Fraser--Dentistry; Michael Clarke, Aston Young, Paul Robinson and Anthony Lewis--Medicine; Orville Byfield & Winston Cowans--Sports & Physical Education.
