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RHTY&SC Cricket Teams and Ansa McAl honour outstanding Head Teachers
Ten outstanding Head Teachers on World Teachers Day were honoured by the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Ansa McAl for their contributions towards the educational sector and the development of sports in the Lower Corentyne area. The Head Teachers were honoured by the Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Female and Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division teams under this annual $5M Pro-education Campaign.
Eight of the head teachers pose with their gifts
The teachers were drawn from the Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary School, Lower Corentyne Secondary, J.C. Chandisingh Secondary, Port Mourant Secondary, Central Corentyne Secondary, Port Mourant Primary, Rose Hall Town Primary, Belvedere Primary, Port Mourant Nursery and Rose Hall Town Nursery.
Secretary/CEO of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Hilbert Foster in handing over the gifts to the Head Teachers congratulated them on the outstanding work they are doing in the Corentyne district and expressed gratitude to them for placing special emphasis on the promotion of sports especially cricket among their students.
Foster highlighted the importance of education and sports for youths and urged the heads to uphold the remarkable high standard they have set for themselves and pledged the co-operation of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organization to every school.
President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colin Bynoe, who was one of the awardees as Head Teacher of the Port Mourant Secondary School, congratulated the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for the outstanding work it was doing to promote education and sports. Bynoe stated that teachers are the pillars of a society and expressed pleasure that youths would honour those who are responsible for their personal development.
Headmistress of the Central Corentyne Secondary School Ms. Marlyn Benjamin speaking on behalf of the awardees stated that she felt privileged to be honoured by such an outstanding club and pledged on behalf of her colleagues to always strive for excellence.
Among the Head Teachers honoured were Sandra Whyte of Port Mourant Nursery, Nirmala Hussain of Corentyne Comprehensive, Barbara Hamilton of J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School, Paul La Cruz of Lower Corentyne Secondary and Pamela Butcher of Port Mourant Primary.
Each of them received a special Ansa McAl hamper. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would like to express profound gratitude to its Patron Ms. Beverley Harper and Ansa McAl for sponsorship of the Programme.
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