Manchester, JAMAICA: Mandeville Primary and Junior High School, Byron Farquharson, was recently honoured for his 44 years of service to education.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 

Retired principal of the Mandeville Primary
 and Junior High School, Byron Farquharson,
receives a plaque from vice-chairman of the
school board, Macelle Fenton, for his
 22 years as headmaster of the school.

RETIRED principal of the Manchester-based Mandeville Primary and Junior High School, Byron Farquharson, was recently honoured for his 44 years of service to education.

At an appreciation function held at the Kendal Conference Centre in Manchester, Farquharson was lauded for his work to transform the former Mandeville All-Age to its current status of being a choice school where parents queue to enrol their children.

Representatives from the civic groups, the

school, Ministry of Education, Jamaica Teachers' Association and the Caribbean Union of Teachers — two organisations where Farquharson served as president — were among persons in attendance at the ceremony.

Leading the tributes, Custos of Manchester Sally Porteous said education is a vehicle against social ills, and for prosperity, and that Farquharson's 44 years "were spent for the betterment of our young people and for that, we are truly grateful

Students of the Mandeville Primary
 and Junior High School perform at the
 recent ceremony to honour retired
principal Byron Farquharson.
 (PHOTOS: JIS)

to him.

"It is he who has dedicated his life to ensuring that our young people learn all of these things (values of education), so that they can become the Jamaicans that we can all be proud of. You can look back and be proud of the role that you played in shaping the lives of so many," the custos said. more