Students in Dover, St Catherine receive school supplies
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Fifty students in Dover, St Catherine, have received educational supplies, including computer tablets, from the Dover Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The supplies were presented to the students on Saturday at the church.
According to a release on Tuesday, former Principal of the Spanish Town Primary School, Marva Guest, who spoke at the event, said education should be valued as a preparation of “yourself to be marketable and for developing the power of reasoning and judgement.”
She emphasised that in the process of gaining a sound education, character development is very important.
“Character is what will take you through life. People with bad character don’t really segue into good positions. Your character is what will speak for you, it is writing your résumé for you, hence it is paramount,” she said.
The educator, who spent 40 years in the classroom, further added that children should not regard schoolwork as hard and difficult, because “nothing in life comes easy”, and most people who excel do so by hard work.
“Your duty is to go to school and do what is required of you,” Guest added, as she lauded the initiative to give the students educational gifts, stressing that some parents cannot afford all that children need.