THE VALLEY, Anguilla, July 22 ————It was all smiles as over one dozen  students received their certificates for completion of the latest ECCB Savings and Investment Course held in Anguilla from March 11 to May 13.

Fourteen of the eighteen students who started the course  received their certificate and graduate pin at a Graduating Ceremony at the Anguilla Great House on July 16.

Key note speaker  Sutcliffe Hodge, who narrowly lost to Parliamentary representative for Valley North Evans McNeil Rogers in the February 15 general elections,  challenged the graduates to “Make their Dreams Reality” as he shared the experiences he encountered in making the Anguilla Printers a reality.

Community College President Professor Delroy Louden presented the students with their certificates while Arlene Browne-Richardson of UWI Open Campus facilitated the pinning ceremony.

The course is offered in all eight territories of the Currency Union and is open to persons of all disciplines between 18 and 65 years.

It provides participants with basic information on budgeting techniques, money management skills and investing.  It is expected that participants will become more knowledgeable of and in financial matters, set and achieve realistic goals, and lead better quality lives as a result of the knowledge gained.

Facilitators were drawn from three of the financial institutions, Financial Services Commission, Social Security, Statistics Department, Chamber of Commerce and Health Authority of Anguilla.

To date there are 168 graduates on island. The next offering is tentatively slated for 30 September 2010 and run for 10 weeks.

Copyright 2010 Anguilla Express, Andrews Publishing Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or distributed.