Students of the Cayon High School in St Kitts and Nevis had a special visitor as they began the new school term.
Recently elected Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, who is the Parliamentary Representative for the area where Cayon High School is located, visited the school this morning to give students some words of encouragement.
“I encourage you to work hard [to] make Cayon High School the top school…Take advantage of the opportunities, respect yourselves and respect your teachers. If you were to do all those things and you work very, hard I can guarantee you that you will be a good student, a successful student and that will give you an opportunity to be a good citizen and a successful citizen and to build a successful country,” Drew stated.
The prime minister promised the students that his government would extend the school’s hall so they will no longer have to stand in the blazing Caribbean sun when dignitaries pay them a visit.
Drew said education is a priority project for the new Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party government and investments will be made to bring schools into the 21st century.
“We will convert our schools into smart schools where we will include ICT and technology so that we can create students who can compete with anyone anywhere in the world, and that is our commitment to you the students of St. Kitts and Nevis and the students of the Cayon High School,” he said.
“We will once again reintroduce the laptop programme and make sure that all of you have access to a device if you don’t have (one). We will also make sure that those, who don’t have the internet at home, we will help you to get internet at home because all of you must be connected to the internet.”