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Five retired Berbice teachers honoured

Oct 05, 2009 News

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Five retirees from Rose Hall Town were recognised by the Rose Hall Town Anniversary and Development Committee for their contribution to academic development in their community.
The educators gave a combined 163 years of service to the Ministry of Education and were each presented with certificates during a simple Senior Teachers’ Award Ceremony recently.
Theresa Austin offered 40 years of service, Mayleen Welch – 35 years, Desiree Lewis – 32, Joseph Torrezao – 22 and Aslim Rahaman – 34 years in the profession.
After retiring from the public sector, Theresa Austin gained employment at a private institution on the Corentyne and continues to function as a teacher. Joseph Torrezao and Aslim Rahaman also offer their services in a private capacity.
Theresa Austin said though she was never married or had any of her own, it was her love for children that led her along that path. She said there was always that desire to inculcate spiritual and moral values, build intellectual development and other areas that would assist any child in reaching that fully developed potential. According to her, at all the schools she taught at there was a vibrant choir which stood out at various functions.
She began her career at the Rose Hall Town Primary School and served for the 1968 – 1974 period. The very year she began training at the Government Training College at Turkeyen and remained there for two years.
In 1976, the teacher was sent to the Belvedere Primary School and in 1981 she was returned to the Rose Hall Town Primary. Her first promotion – Senior Assistant Mistress, came in 1989. In 1995 she was appointed Senior Mistress at the Auchlyne Primary.
She continued her upward climb and in 1998 she became the Head Teacher of the Mibicuri Primary. Two years later Ms. Austin was transferred to the Port Mourant Primary and in 2004 she was promoted twice. In September of that year, Ms. Austin took up a position at her first Grade ‘A’ school – Tain Primary. The following year, 2005, she retired from this very institution, “I am now at the Berbice Islamic School at Train Line in Tain since October 2005. It was really challenging working with children of different abilities, so I always catered for individual difference so that they can achieve. I am satisfied that I have done my best and I have seen results.”
Public Relations Officer of the Rose Hall Town Anniversary and Development Committee, Andrew Griffith, explained that this was one of the activities in observance of the town’s 39th anniversary.
There was also a Spelling Bee Competition in which Rose Hall Town Primary School, with 85 points, emerged victorious. The contest featured four primary schools within the Rose Hall Town catchment area. In the second place was Port Mourant Primary with 79 points, Belvedere copped 61 and Tain Primary School – 59.
Jonathan Cyril of Rose Hall Town Primary School, with 36 points, was named the Spelling Bee Champion. He received a Metro Office and Computer Supplies gift voucher. The three schools were given trophies.
The A. Ally and Sons sponsored competition was to test the pace of learning among students of those schools. According to Mr. Griffith, the words were all selected from the curriculum guide. Mr. Griffith dubbed the recent Town Week activities as a success which was reflected in their chosen Theme – ‘Success Comes Through Togetherness.’

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