RHTY&SC teams & BRB honours outstanding Retired Teachers

May 03, 2013 Sports

Four outstanding retired teachers with a combined 140 years of teaching experience were on Sunday last honoured by the cricket teams of Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and the Berbice River Bridge Company (BRBC) under their “Tribute to Retired Teachers” programme.

The outstanding retired teachers

The teachers recognised are Patricia Mc Pherson and Leroy King of Region 5 and Rose Dos Ramos and Brian George of Region 6. They each received a Tribute to Heroes Plaque and a special gift.
The cricket teams that organised the event were the Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Pepsi Under-19, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Metro Female and Gizmos & Gadgets first division.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation stated that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club strongly believes in the importance of education in the lives of youths and as such the club each year invests heavily to make sure that less fortunate students have access to education.
Foster praised the teachers for their services to the educational sector and also for nurturing the minds of thousands of students, some of whom have gone on to become government leaders, doctors, engineers and lawyers.
He challenged the four awardees to share their experiences with the present generation of teachers and also to play a major role in the molding of youths in the area where they reside. The veteran club official also issued a challenge to other clubs in Guyana to follow the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club example and to invest in the education of youths.
Gratitude was expressed to the Management of the Berbice River Bridge Company for sponsoring the programme and to the Berbice Teachers Union for selecting the teachers.
Chief Executive Officer of the Berbice River Bridge Company, Mr. O. Samaroo expressed delight in being associated with the highly successful club and honouring the four individuals.
Teachers, he noted are molders of the human mind and recalled his own experience with teachers who were positive role models to him and his peers.
Samaroo congratulated each of the awardees and stated that his company would continue to support the different activities of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports club as he was impressed with the high standard of its management.
Representative of the Berbice Teachers Union, Ms. Donette D’Andrade expressed gratitude to the Club and the BRBC for supporting the development of education and more especially paying tribute to outstanding former teachers.
Ms. D’Andrade said she knew all four of the awardees, hailing them as positive role models to the entire teaching community of Berbice.