Student Assistance Programme (SAP)
Legal Aid & Conunselling Centre
Programme Growth
Org. Chart
Grenada Community Development Agency (GRENCODA)
This program was established in 1987 to break the cycle of poverty - empower people by enabling them to attend ASecondary School. Beacuse while Secondary education became free of tuition in 1983, the high cost of books, uniform and transportation often made it impossible for students of unemployed, low income parents to acceept the opportunity for Secondary education.
In 1989 GRENCODA introduced an annual eight (8) day Personal Development Educational Camp during the long July/August vaxation for all students supported by the programme.
From 1993 support for fees and /or books to attend T. A. Marryshow Community College was provided to students who excelled at secondary level.
In 1995 workshops for form 5 students, form repeaters and parenting was introduced as as addtional component of the programme .
The objectives are :-
- To improve the ability of parents to communicate effectively with the children (students);
- Provide additional skills for improved guidance/support at home
- Provide opportunity for parents to share experience as they face the challenge of parenting.
Programme Growth
SECONDARY SCHOOL
|
Academic Period |
Application Received |
Sponsorship Financial & |
Books Only |
| Books | |||
| 1988-91 | 59 | 54 | 18 |
| 1991-94 | 125 | 75 | 47 |
| 1994-97 | 214 | 69 | 94 |
| 1997-00 | 190 | 68 | 99 |
| 2001-02 | 200 | 45 | 22 |
TERTIARY
| Academic period | Application Received | Sponsorship Financial & |
| Books | ||
| 1994-96 | 17 | 16 |
| 1997-99 | 42 | 36 |
| 2000-02 | 55 | 12 |
Impact
A summary of the GCE/CXC results of students supported by GRENCODA over the last eight (8) years ar as follows:
| Academic period | No. of students | Subjects Done | Subjects passed | % passes |
| 1991/92 | 12 | 56 | 30 | 53.57 |
| 1992/93 | 8 | 37 | 21 | 56.76 |
| 1993/94 | 11 | 55 | 29 | 52.73 |
| 1994/95 | 13 | 51 | 22 | 43.14 |
| 1995/96 | 13 | 80 | 55 | 68375 |
| 1996/97 | 15 | 80 | 44 | 55 |
| 1997/98 | 31 | 207 | 120 | 57.97 |
| 2000/01 | 15 | 103 | 66 | 64.08 |
Students/Graduates from this programme have :
Gone on to University/Colleage
Become employed as teachers, Police officers, Bank clerks, farmers, Hotel workers, and the like