Look to Preysal cricket greats

“We are proud to belong to a community that boast of having world renowned cricketers such as: Rangie Nanan, Inshan Ali, Dinesh Ramdhin, Gopaul Sahadeo, Eugene Antoine and Giles Antoine,” Indarsingh, the Couva South MP, said in his address to the 2017 graduating SE A class of the Preysal Government School at Preysal Community Centre on Thursday.

Indarsingh told students that as they bid farewell to the primary school, they can draw inspiration from sportsmen who have shown great determination to advance from a simple club to national cricketer and to be named as West Indies players.

He congratulated the captain of the Preysal Cricket Club, Dillon Balkaran, a graduate of the school.

To the parents, Indarsingh advised that while every child cannot come first or become among in the first 100 in SE A, the children must be encouraged to never give up but to strive for excellence at secondary school. “There is the need to continue to love, support and embrace your child to realise his/her full potential through their secondary school careers,” he said.

Parenting, he said, is a full time responsibility and not a part-time one.

“It is your duty to look after your children at all times,” he said, adding that children may need better supervision due to the many devices of the 21st century. “Laptops, smart phones and ipads may be useful to get information and transfer messages but it can be dangerous when children choose to look at games and shows not suited for them,” he stated.

He urged parents to be strong and decisive in fulfilling their roles and at the same time develop a line of effective communication with their children so that in secondary school they can approach them to discuss any challenges they may face.

Principal Vashti Ali was happy to report that students of the graduating class were well-behaved and have been excellent in their studies.