NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 12, 2019) — Mr. Kris Liburd, sitting President of the Rotaract Club of Nevis, says he is hopeful that a donation of books from the club will benefit students and teachers on Nevis at private and government-owned schools.
His comment came while presenting 40 boxes of books to Ms. Zahnela Claxton, Principal Education Officer in the Department of Education, at a presentation ceremony at the department on September 10, 2019.
“Today we are making a presentation of books to the Department of Education for the ultimate benefit of the students and teachers at the various private and public primary and secondary schools here on the island.
“We thought that it was very fitting to make the donation around this time as on Sunday September 08, we celebrated World Literacy Day. As a club we are interested in the further development of our children and young people and we wanted to play our part in advancing their educational path,” he said.
In response Ms. Claxton expressed gratitude on behalf of the students and teachers and assured that the books would be utilised for the purpose intended and underscored the importance of literacy.
“Literacy is very important and sometimes we feel that books are obsolete, that we don’t have a need for books, but books are important and we want to make sure these get into the hands of our students so that they can use them,” she said
Also present was Mr. Kevin Barrett, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), and other members of the Rotaract Club – Mr. Shonroy Caesar, Secretary; Ms. Keishara Liburd, Treasurer; and Ms. Tamalyn Vyphuis, club member.