20 Youths Awarded in Chinese Embassy Leadership Contest

Twenty youths awarded following Chinese Embassy, ministry leadership contest

1st and 2nd place winners pictured with Chargé d’Affaires Huang Rui and DCEO Marti De Souza

(front centre) and Unit of Allied Arts Head, Nicholas Fraser (right)

An awards ceremony for the fourth China-Guyana Friendship Youth Leadership Development Competition was held on Friday at the Chinese Embassy in Georgetown.

The competition is a collaboration between the Ministry of Education and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, which aims to create and celebrate well-rounded students and is open to all schools in all 10 regions. It is focussed on four main areas: 1) an oral presentation, 2) a critique of an art piece, 3) a physical fitness challenge; 4) and a community-based project. Eight students from each region were chosen with there being two winners per region.

First and second place winners each received US$1,000.

Head of the Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts, Nicholas Fraser, one of the attendees at the ceremony, told the students that the competition seeks to strengthen academic and art skills as well as encourage meaningful community practices.