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| Mrs. Mary Webbe (Centre) displaying her award with members of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists. Extreme left is Dr. Antonia Coward with Audrey Hones-Drayton next to Mrs. Webbe. Norma Maynard, (immediately to the right, with Dr Theodore Alexander and Margot Aquan to the extreme right). |
Charlestown Nevis (June 7, 2004) It was said that one never too old to learn, and through this belief, Mrs. Mary Webbe emerged as the second place winner, from 2000 registered persons in the Caribbean who sat the CXC Clothing and Textile Examination.
Speaking at a presentation ceremony held in her honour at the Education Department, Marion Heights, Mrs. Webbe said, “I feel more so honoured because I did this examination with a lot of young minds and I give thanks to God.”
She expressed her feelings as truly grateful and noted that she was thrilled to receive the award. She challenged other adults to do the same, saying, “you do not stop learning when you received secondary or tertiary level of education. You can go on. This is an incentive for me to go on,” commented Mrs. Webbe.
Dr. Antonia Coward, the outgoing Education Chair of the Caribbean Association of Home Economists (CAHE), who was among a five member delegation on a one day visit to Nevis, presented the award to Mrs. Webbe. She observed that the association was very delighted to make the official presentation.
In pointing out that it was a couple years ago, that the association decided to award some CXC students for their outstanding work in clothing and textile, Coward commented that it was in 2001 that another student from Nevis did extremely well.
She said, “Once again, we have come to recognise the second winner who did extremely well. She got the second highest mark in the Caribbean, and I was told that it was about 2000 persons who wrote the exams, so that is indeed an accomplishment.”
Education Officer, Mrs. Versaille Powell, who was her tutor gave brief remarks noting how pleased she was and that the programme had started some five years ago at the Gingerland High School. We have had some 100% passes since its inception, she noted.
Acting Principal Education Officer, Mrs. Lornette Manners who gave brief remarks added her heartfelt thanks to the Caribbean Association of Home Economists for the award. “I want to say to you that with the way we are growing in leaps and bounds in Nevis, that the students in Nevis will continue to do extremely well,” ended Manners.
Other members of the delegation were, Dr. Theodore Alexander, Treasurer, Audrey Jones-Drayton, Finance Chair, Norma Maynard, Immediate Past President, and Margot Aquan, Assistant Secretary.
