 The Ministry of Education continues to secure more options for St. Lucian's to access higher learning opportunities by strengthening friendly ties and cooperation with countries as seen with Taiwan, Morocco and Cuba, this time adding a new country to the list in that of Hungary. Annually, five spaces are allocated for full-fledged scholarships to study in Hungary, with the signing of an Educational Cooperation memorandum between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training of St. Lucia until December 31, 2023. Education Minister Hon. Sean Edward, Permanent Secretary Michelle Charles and officials from the Human Resource Development Unit, had us sit down with the four awardees of the Hungarian Scholarship as they prepared to leave the island to commence their studies. We went through a very thorough selection process. You met the established criteria and that is why you chose it. You are extremely fortunate because as we speak today, there are hundreds of young St. Lucian's, male and female, who are actively pursuing scholarship opportunities because they come from families that do not have the necessary resources to pay a university education for them. The Minister went on to express government's commitment to expanding access to tertiary-level scholarships for St. Lucia and exploring more avenues to collaborate with countries to secure more opportunities for training on all levels. Under my ministerial watch, I can give you in here and for the young St. Lucian's, the assurance that we will continue to push, we will continue to engage institutions of high learning in North America, Europe and elsewhere with a view to provide in the young St. Lucian's with greater opportunities for training. Vanille Alexander, Isber Jebaptiste, Shalmaine Wilson and Shannette Ramo are the first group of students to benefit from the collaboration between the two countries. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Defocational Training, I am Daniel Dubois reporting.