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RHTYSC Namilco Thunderbolt teams honours outstanding Nursery School Teachers under Say Yes to Education Programme
Kaieteur News – The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Namilco Thunderbolt under 21 and first division cricket teams on Wednesday last honoured four outstanding Nursery School Teachers under their Say Yes to Education programme. The teachers were drawn from the Rose Hall Town Nursery School and they are the first from the township to be honoured, with others at the primary and secondary levels to follow.
The four awardees pose with their Head Mistress Minerva Rodney.
Felicianne Rahim receives her award from Head Mistress Minerva Rodney.
RHTYSC MS Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster, stated that the club over the last twenty six years has hosted a highly successful Say No/ Say Yes programme which targets over seventy thousand youths to say no to drugs, crime, suicide, pre marital sex, tobacco, alcohol and yes to life, education, sports, culture, religion.
The club on an annual basis hosts award ceremonies for teachers across the Lower Corentyne area, but this year has decided to hosts programmes for schools in the township of Rose Hall. The Tribute to Nursery School Awards ceremony would be followed by similar ones for primary and secondary teachers who work at the Rose Hall Town Primary School and Lower Corentyne Secondary School respectively.
The main objectives, Foster stated are, to identify and honour outstanding teachers, to provide role models for other teachers to emulate and to encourage the teachers in the three schools to maintain a high standard. He noted that the RHTYSC was very grateful to the three schools for producing all-rounded students who would go on to become members of Guyana Leading Youth and Sports Organisation.
The club strongly believes in the promotion of education as it believes that education is the key to success and that it very important that youths involve in sports should have an educational background. He urged the teachers to uphold their high standards and to redouble their efforts to make sure that a solid foundation is laid early in the minds of the children. He committed the club and the Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour under 21 and First Division teams to sponsor the award ceremony annually and also to assist the school with educational materials on a regular basis.
The teachers honored were Kaajal Devi Nankooma {24 years service}, Padmani Bishun {8 years}, Felicianne Rahim {8 years} and Kamachi Pasamen{3 years}.
Head Mistress Minerva Thomas Rodney hailed the support that the school has received over the years from the club and committed the management and staff to upholding the high standard the school has set in the past. Awardee Felicianne Rahim also expressed thanks to the Namilco team for their morale boost to the staff and wished the players more success on and off the cricket field.
The Rose Hall Town Nursery School over the last two decades has produced hundreds of students who have gone on to represent the club at different levels. The RHT Namilco Thunderbolt is widely considered Berbice leading first division team and currently holds all the titles at that level, while the under 21 team is the current Berbice champions after defeating Albion in the Elizabeth Styles under 21 finals earlier this year.
Among the members of the two teams are Clinton Pestano, Eon Hooper, Shawn Perriera, Kevlon Anderson, Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Shemaine Campbelle, Sheneta Grimmond, Shabaki Gajnabi, Jonathan Rampersaud and Keith Simpson. The team is sponsored by the National Milling Company of Guyana (Namilco).
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