CFBC, 9th January, 2018 -- At a small ceremony at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College, Ms. Karina Hanley received the Joshua Obadiah Williams Monetary Award (EC $2, 500). The Award was established in 1995 and is given annually to the graduating teacher in the Division of Teacher Education, who receives the best results in the University of the West Indies examinations, as well as the best marks in the teaching practicum. Karina was the 2017 student representative and delivered the Valedictory speech at the 29th Commencement Ceremony of the CFBC on November 21st, 2017. She is a past student of Beach Allen Primary and Washington Archibald High. She is the first born of her proud mother, Carol Hanley of Shadwell Estate.
According to Karina, “nothing worthwhile comes easy and perseverance is imperative if one is to harvest the fruits of one’s labour”. Ms. Hanley also believes that a sound education is the key to economic success and independence. She would like to take this opportunity to not only thank the Williams family for this award but also express gratitude to her family, friends, lecturers and God, for giving her the strength and wisdom to overcome every obstacle that she encountered while completing her journey in the Division of Teacher Education.
History of Donor
Joshua Obadiah Williams was born 11th October 1926 in Barnes Ghaut, Nevis to Albert Victor Williams and Adosha Elisabeth Williams. After attaining the Seventh Standard Certificate, he became a pupil teacher in 1942 at the age of 16 and taught at St. Thomas School, Lowland, Nevis. In 1948, he came to St. Kitts and continued teaching and studying. He went to Erdiston Teachers College in Barbados (1955-1957) and on his return, taught at the Cayon School and then the St. Paul’s School. In 1965 he went to UWI, Mona in Jamaica, where he successfully completed the Professional Certificate in Education. On his return to St. Kitts, he was made Headmaster and was assigned to the Molineux All Age School (re-named The Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary School) on July 2, 2010 in honour of the sterling work he executed there. Joshua Obadiah Williams retired from the Basseterre Boys School in the early 1980’s. He will always be remembered as a pioneer in the field of education, and an advocate of high morals and strong family values. During his journey along the path of life, he has touched hundreds of lives through his teaching. He has molded many characters by way of maxims and has transmuted a melancholic spirit through poetry and song. In his eyes, as long as you were taught by him, you became his student for life.
He was a man who assiduously taught his students the school’s curriculum, but he also prepared them for life by reiterating words of wisdom: The shortest piece of pencil is longer that the longest memory Waste not, want not A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep or taste not of the Pierian spring
Joshua Obadiah Williams – Educator, Philosopher, Philosopher, Poet, Disciplinarian and Humanitarian.
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