NewzKINGSTON, Jamaica — State-owned refinery, Petrojam Limited, has awarded four scholarships to top-performing students from the Greenwich Primary and St Andrew Primary schools in the Corporate Area, who excelled in the 2026 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. The scholarships were presented during the 20th anniversary staging of the Petrojam PEP Scholarship Awards Luncheon, held on Thursday at the PCJ Auditorium in Kingston. The recipients are Joe-Lee Gordon and Neymar Price of St Andrew Primary School, and Kenzo Riley and Denesha Watson of Greenwich Primary School.
Neymar Price and Joe-Lee Gordon will attend Excelsior High School, while Danesha Watson will matriculate to Merl Grove High School and Kenzo Riley to St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS). Each recipient received an annual contribution of $60,000 towards tuition and other educational expenses, along with a new laptop, school supplies and additional awards. Speaking at the function, Principal Director of Energy in the Ministry of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Todd Johnson, said Petrojam has distinguished itself through its sustained support for communities, particularly in the area of education.
He noted that the company’s scholarship programme, established in 2006, has helped deserving students pursue their educational goals. Johnson encouraged the scholarship recipients to appreciate the significance of the opportunity before them and congratulated them and their parents on their achievement. “[Congratulations also] to Petrojam on a significant 20-year milestone for your [unwavering] support towards educating and empowering the nation’s children,” he said.
Delivering remarks on behalf of Petrojam General Manager, Danville Walker, Communications Manager, Elon Parkinson said the scholarship programme represents two decades of investment in Jamaica’s youth, having provided educational opportunities to nearly 70 students over the past 20 years. “That’s two decades of investing in Jamaica as a most valuable resource for children. It’s two decades of opening doors that might, otherwise, have been closed… and two decades of proving, year after year, that when we believe in our young people by giving them the tools they need to rise to meet and exceed every expectation based upon them, greatness happens,” Walker said.
He noted that Petrojam has invested more than $50 million in Grade …
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