Deputy Group president of Capital and Credit Financial Group (CCFG), Andrew Cocking, is encouraging students of the Excelsior High School to work hard at their academics in order to achieve success, in spite of the hardship some may face.

Mr Cocking is urging the students not to worry about the funding for their future academic studies and to take advantage of the Students' Loans Bureau (SLB) and the support from their parents and guardians.

Scholarship

Each person, he says, should also focus on working hard to better equip themselves for opportunities through scholarship or employment. The SLB chairman and past student of Excelsior High, shared these thoughts with the students during morning devotion on Monday, March 23, at the school.

He said his refusal to give up and his determination to succeed academically has resulted in his becoming one of the co-founders of CCFG, among holding other prominent offices. He also credited the late A. W. Powell, founder of Excelsior, for giving him a second chance and his very supportive parents.

Yes you can

"In your pursuit of success, you are to tell yourself, yes you can, yes you can yes you can," Mr Cocking told students, likening it to the stance taken by US President Barack Obama.

Capital and Credit has an unwavering commitment to the improvement of education in Jamaica and lends support, where possible as part of its pledge to fulfil its corporate social responsibility. Since 1996, CCFG has contributed to 90 students pursuing their academic goals through its scholarship programme.