Sagicor assists students with learning business skills Loop Barbados

Black Immigrant Daily News

Students of the St George Secondary School were recently given a chance to put business and entrepreneurship theory into practice, with the support of a donation by Sagicor.

On October 26, the school recognised “Business Day”, one of the several activities hosted in celebration of the educational institution’s 50th anniversary. On that day, students from the school’s entrepreneurship programme were given the opportunity to market and sell products made at the school.

“Business Day” also coincided with their Open Day, where the general public was encouraged to visit and participate in activities planned to recognise the milestone.

In thanking Sagicor for its support of the initiative Principal of the St George Secondary School, Dennis Browne said, “the aim of the initiative is to help the students to develop and execute a business plan, whilst giving them practical experience of concepts taught in the classroom and preparing them to become future businesspersons and entrepreneurs. This donation was used as the start-up capital to ensure the students had what materials they needed.”

Paul Inniss, Executive Vice President and General Manager with Sagicor Life Inc, said initiatives such as this are needed to expose the future generation to real world concepts and situations, to better prepare them for future success.

“At Sagicor, we are committed to protecting the future of our clients and partners, however, there is nothing to protect if nothing has been built. We therefore see it as our responsibility not only to help maintain what has already been built, but also to support efforts to foster the future growth and development of Barbadians and Barbados as a whole”, said Inniss.

“Initiatives such as these therefore need the support of corporate Barbados, as well as our guidance and input when appropriate.”

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