‘Death of top educator a loss to TT’

Ramesar was eulogised by Dr Lennox Bernard as a man who fought to ensure that every creed and race enjoyed some form of education He said Ramesar was a man with a clear vision to ensure that education was afforded for all, and not just the rich.

He noted that Ramesar was the person responsible for open scholarships for students. He also struggled for positive changes in the education system.

He produced 72 local plays, and he encouraged those who were not academically inclined to focus on their hidden talents.

Rev Elvis Elahie, who read a message of comfort at the service, said that people should be careful about what they say to others because this is causing widespread violence in the country.

Elahie said that mutual respect for each other is the first phase in the healing process.

Ramesar, who was also a chemist, tried his best to instill those good values in people, according to the reverend.

In 1960, Ramesar was recruited to set up the Science Department in Tamale, Ghana, where two of his children Deborah Shanti and Robert Kenneth Yao, were born.

He returned to Jamaica in 1963 to lecture at the new College of Arts, Science and Technology.

In 1964, he was recruited by the University of the West Indies at Mona.

The funeral service yesterday was attended by President George Maxwell Richards, UNC leader Winston Dookeran, and a number of well known educators.