| As teachers across the country yesterday joined in celebrating World Teachers’ Day 2011 under the theme “Teachers for Gender Equality”, a selected number of these stalwarts was honoured at a celebration ceremony held at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street,China NFL Jerseys, compliments of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT).Forty-five teachers from all locations throughout Guyana were honoured.Managing Director of GTT,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Yog Mahadeo, making a presentation to one of the teachers at World Teachers’ Day 2011 celebration ceremony.According to the GTU these individuals have made extremely outstanding contributions to the education system and trade unionism as a result it was only fitting to publicly acknowledge this and recognize these special teachers.This was in keeping with the acknowledgement of the efforts of teachers in an increasingly complex, multicultural and technological society.President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe,Cheap Jerseys, said that such an event was made possible through the successes by past and present teachers who strove to ensure that each child in their classrooms was given an opportunity at development.He emphasized that teachers play an integral role in the overall development of a child’s personality and that in today’s society many parents are extremely happy to make schools out to be “alternate day care centres” since they are aware of the contributions of hardworking teachers.Bynoe expressed concern over the changes in society as it related to young men having difficulties in “finding themselves” and said that changes need to be made to address such issues.“There is something in the system that needs to be corrected. Young men need to seek proper role models. We also need to carry out proper campaigns to attract young men back into the teaching system,” said the GTU President.He proffered that teachers throughout the country need to be recognized for their crucial contributions in society whileManaging Director of GTT, Yog Mahadeo, being presented with a token of appreciation for the company’s involvement in this year’s World Teachers Day celebrations.explaining that on numerous occasions many professionals “speak of their successes” yet hardly remember to pay tribute or thank the teachers who helped to mould them into the persons they have become.“The GTU doesn’t get the financial recognition that we deserve but as candle bearers we must provide light in the dark classrooms,” added Bynoe, as he stated that even though circumstances may arise that put teachers at a disadvantage they will remain committed to nurturing and educating the future generation.GT&T Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, stated that teachers have very important roles to play in the lives of children since most of their developmental stages are spent in classrooms and with teachers.In his address, he said that a lot of children actually fall in love with their teachers first in some way since their personalities are formed during their school years and teachers are responsible for the outcome of these young minds.“Nobility is the apt term for describing the teaching profession. What influences the minds of children, their behaviours and lives is what they learn from you (teachers). They learn from not only what you say but how you say it and GTT admires the time, patience and effort into education that teachers put in.”Mahadeo explained that over the past year, his company has also embarked on doing more for the development of the nation,China NFL Jerseys, which means targeting young people and molding their minds throughout the country.Quite recently there was the first National Spelling Bee as GTT continued down the road to academia and there are plans to launch a National Math Quiz, GTT National Science Fair in 2012, a National Essay and Short Story writing competition and National Spelling Bee once more in 2012 as well.The winners for each of these competitions will also obtain free “DSL” for their school.At the ceremony yesterday, Mahadeo also offered a free “DSL” for the GTU to assist in the work the union has been doing and will embark upon in the near future.Also, there was a promotion launched for 400 teachers in this academic year. GTT has extended this to all teachers on their network,Cheap China Jerseys, promising that as of yesterday, teachers can text (620-6683) for free credit once every month for the rest of this year and all of next year.They will also be given 10 percent off any handset advertised by the telephone company as the “handset of the week”, and at the end of every month, whatever amount of credit they have in their phones will be doubled.All the teachers who are on this network will also receive a free “Shango” phone from the company. This phone was specially designed to mark the year of African Descent and is considered a “one time only” phone.“We (GTT) will always be supportive of teachers across the country. You call on us and we will try our best to deliver,” promised Mahadeo.Nadia DeAbreu, Bibi of Survival Supermarket and GT&T Public Relations Officer Allison Parker honour Ms Gertrude DolphinChief Education Officer, Olato Sam, extended his gratitude to GTT for honoring the hard working teachers and explained that the GTU and the Ministry of Education are “long past the stage” where they were once considered adversaries.“We all must work together to ensure that the professionalism of teaching services is retained while we continue to recognize all that teachers did in the past and will continue to do in the future,” said Sam.The telephone company and Survival Supermarket combined to make a special presentation to questionably the oldest surviving teacher in Guyana, 103-year-old Gertrude Dolphin. |
