Chairman of Region Ten, Mortimer Mingo, has urged parents of Ituni to ensure that their children attend the secondary schools they were awarded at the National Grade Six Assessment.
Some of the top NGSA students of Ituni
He made the call on July 10 when the Regional Democratic Council of Region Ten honoured Esther Hercules who topped Howell Wilson Community High School in Ituni at the NGSA. The student was awarded a laptop computer and a set of text books, compliments of the Region Ten Democratic Council.
Hercules outperformed her five other classmates at the exams, and as a result will be attending Bishops’ High School come September.
Mingo, speaking during the simple handing- over ceremony at the Howell Wilson Community High School, said that after analysing the performances of schools across the region he was proud to know that pupils from remote areas were able to attain grades for senior secondary schools in Guyana.
“In perusing those results, indeed I was happy to note that a student from Howell Wilson High School was awarded a place at the second highest secondary school in the country, Bishops’ High School.
Esther, I want to say to you that you have made Ituni proud. You have done your parents proud; first of all yourself, your parents, your teachers and your wider community of Ituni exceedingly proud. I want to congratulate you.” The five other children from Ituni who wrote the NGSA were Kareem Boyle, Keyan Allicock, Raysha Crossman, Tikita Blackett and Shane Bennett. They were each presented with text books as well. They have all been awarded schools in Linden.
The regional chairman added that, in putting Region Ten on the educational map of Guyana, not only schools from Linden were responsible, but those from remote communities such as Ituni also”.
Mingo said that during this period of the year, students from urban communities are often recognised and praised, while pupils from remote areas are left behind. He noted that Region Ten is not Linden. “In our pursuit, we consider each and every community in Region Ten just as important as any community within the urban centre of Region Ten, which is Linden.”
For this reason, the chairman said, the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council will continue to advocate for goods, services and facilities in the education sector, which will equally develop communities across the region. “It is important that we place emphasis equally in other communities, such as Ituni, such as Kwakwani, such as in the Demerara River at Malali or Great Falls, Kimbia, or at Wiruni, just to name a few, as we advocate for education delivery within Region Ten.”
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