CONGRATS in JAMAICA: THE Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) awards $1.8 million in cash, prizes to school energy competition winners

 Tuesday, June 30, 2015 
THE Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) last Friday presented cash and prizes valued at more than $1.8 million to primary and high school students who submitted winning entries in the 2014-15 Schools Energy Competition.
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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell
(centre) and Senior Corporate Relations Manager at Digicel Trisha
Williams-Singh (right) present students from Anchovy High School
with the trophy for winning the 16-18 Age Group Category of the
PCJ’s Schools Energy Programme Science Competition. The four team
members each received a tablet and data service subscription
from Digicel for one month.
The competition, which is the highlight of the Schools Energy Programme which the PCJ carries out annually as a means of promoting energy education among Jamaica's youth, gave students a first-hand look at the production side of the energy industry through tours of local generating plants including the Petrojam Refinery in Kingston, the Wigton Windfarm in Manchester and the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Hydro Plant in St Ann. Participants also got exposure to some of the social and economic issues surrounding energy production and distribution through the programme's energy seminar series. The seminars, said the PCJ, also taught the youngsters about responsible energy usage and the importance of conservation and efficiency.
For the 2014/15 academic year, more than 1,000 students from 75 schools participated in the tours and seminars and participants had the opportunity to put the knowledge garnered to the test in the programme's essay, science and poster competitions.
Group Internal Auditor at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica
 Ashlyn Malcolm (left) shares a moment with Jhaivaughn Cooper
of the Duhaney Park Primary School as he accepts his trophy
 after being declared the winner of the 6-9 Age Group Category
 of the PCJ’s Schools Energy Programme Poster Competition.
Cooper also received $50,000.00 cash for his winning entry.
Participants in the essay competition were challenged to express how they would address various energy-related issues, including the economic benefits of renewable energy to Jamaica, the impact of climate change and meeting the energy goals outlined in the National Development Plan -- Vision 2030.
The poster competition required students to utilise their creativity and artistic talents to design a poster to reflect themes such as "Energy at Home", "Save Energy Today for a Brighter Tomorrow", and "Electricity in the 21st Century".
Anchovy High School students, winners of the 13-15 Age
Group category of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica’s
 (PCJ) Schools Energy Programme Science Competition,
 accept their trophy from the PCJ Group General Manager
 Winston Watson (centre) during Friday’s awards ceremony
at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston. The winning team
 members are (from left) Fayan Smith, Tatyana Harvey,
Samusha Haughton and Kacy-Ann Watkins. Each member
 of the team was awarded $50,000 courtesy of the
 PCJ’s subsidiary PETCOM.
Entrants in the science competition were required to work in teams to design and build a "green" model of their own school facility which met international standards for energy conservation and efficiency.
More than 260 students submitted entries in this year's competition and the winners were announced at an award ceremony which was held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on Friday.
"As the agency mandated to drive public education on energy matters, the PCJ has always placed particular focus on the youth who we believe, if groomed, can help to create a more secure energy future," PCJ Group General Manager Winston Watson told the awards ceremony. more

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