Airport:--- Parents, grandparents, friends, girlfriends and boyfriends gathered at the departure hall of Princess Juliana International Airport on Sunday morning to say goodbye to their children and love ones all of whom left to pursue higher education in the Netherlands. Several parents as well as the students cried openly as they were about to board KLM flight 785 to Curacao then to the Netherlands.A young lady whose boyfriend was leaving on Sunday captured the crowd's attention when she began crying and holding on to her boyfriend that was leaving. Several members of her family and young man's family pleaded with her to stop the commotion since she would be able remain in close contact with him through today's technology.
Accompanying the students to the Netherlands on Sunday was Minister of Education Rhoda Arrindell who is on her first official visit to the Netherlands and Calvin Mardenborough from the Ministry of Education.
Click here to see photos of the students that left to the Netherlands on Sunday.