Tariq Brown named Best Student as RHTY&SC/Republic Bank Summer Camp ends

─ Foster urges youths to make education a priority

Tariq Brown, who recently attained a place at the Berbice High School in New Amsterdam, was last Friday named best student of the 13th edition of the summer camp held by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, under sponsorship of Republic Bank Guyana Limited.

As activities ended on a very high note, Brown received a bicycle, a collection of educational materials, a trophy and a medal after securing a top performance of 96% at the end-of-camp test.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster has declared the camp an overwhelming success, and said it was the best of those staged in the 13-year history of the club.
The club had catered for 60 students from Grade 6, but a total of 69 turned out for the camp, the main aim of which was to assist students to make a successful transition from primary learning to the secondary level.
Experienced Educator Mrs. Junita Sewnauth-Hussain had conducted the camp, while the Club’s 19-year-old Asst. Secretary/CEO, Simon Naidu, was its director. Students were taught Maths, English A, English B, Social Studies, and Integrated Science, and were also involved in numerous lectures using the RHTY&SC Youth Information Booklet.
Among the topics covered in the lectures were: Importance of Education, Importance of Discipline, Choosing Friends, HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse, Suicide, Table Manners, Personal Hygiene, and Alcohol/Tobacco Abuse. Students were also exposed to playing cricket at the Area ‘H’ Ground as part of the Club’s Say Yes to Sports campaign.
In an impassioned speech, Foster urged the attentive students to make education their number one priority in life, as it is the cornerstone of a successful life. Education, he said, would open doors of opportunity that would otherwise have remained shut. The Medal of Service awardee urged the students to develop a culture of hard work, research, reading and dedication.
Speaking frankly, the RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO said if a human mind can remember all the words of a hip-hop song, it can also have space for Maths and English. He cautioned the graduating students to always say no to the evil ways of Satan, and to develop a love for sports, as it assists the body and mind to be active.
Foster, who is also President of the Berbice Cricket Board, declared that, with hard work, students can have a highly successful career in both sports and education.
Manager of the Rose Hall Town Branch of the Republic Bank, Ms. Doodmatee Bhollaram, hailed the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for organising a successful summer camp. The Bank, she said, was committed to investing in educational, cultural, youth development and other activities as part of its corporate mandate.
Bhollaram, moreover, endorsed Foster’s call for youths to stay in school and obtain an educational background.
Each of the students at the camp received a school bag and a collection of educational materials to assist them when the new school year begins in September.
Five students selected by the tutor based on their attitude, family’s financial income, and personal performance each received a $20,000 bicycle, while every student carried home a copy of the RHTYSC 2019 Youth Information Booklet. Seven other students received awards along with Best Student Tariq Brown. They were: Best English Student “Sandiyah Shariff”, Best Science Student “Netram Ramnauth”, Best Social Studies Student “Nalyah Ahmad”, Best Mathematics Student “Lenimia Cort”, Best Attendance “Ghanesh Sewnauth, Most Disciplined “Naresh Kuman”, and Most Committed “Darean Thomas”.