A Hermanus High matriculant’s dream has come true, after he was offered a bursary to study software engineering.
Caleb Riordan (18) placed second in his grade with an average of 90,7%. He reached out to the world for assistance to help him study software engineering at Eduvos Institute in Claremont (Cape Town) because his family couldn’t afford to send him to study further.
Caleb opened a BackaBuddy page, and the community immediately started sending him donations, and soon after he received a job offer.
“My mom received a call a couple of days ago from Eduvos Institute informing her it was issuing a bursary to me after initially declining it,” he related. “The institution said it had made a mistake in doing so and wanted to inform me of its reconsideration. Suffice to say, I was elated to hear the good news.”
Caleb had to overcome another stumbling block when his family’s car started having electrical problems and the only auto electrician in Kleinmond was on holiday in this period and couldn’t fix the problem. “Luckily someone offered us a lift,” he said.
His mother, Vanessa, says she is extremely proud of her son.
“Caleb has maintained a strong academic record throughout his schooling,” she said. “Two days ago we received a phone call from Eduvos and he was told he had been a successful candidate for the merit scholarship. He was awarded it this past Saturday (12 February).”
The successful scholar is thankful to everyone for their support. Hermanus Times will stay in touch with him and keep readers updated on his progress.
