2013-Feb-01-2213Hrs
Dear Rodney,
I endorse whole-heartedly the contributions and the submission of our fellow 1966-1968 classmate at Mausica, Lester Efebo Wilkinsonson to be added into the Hall of fame at Mausica and nationally, regionally and even internationally. Congratulations Efebo you have done exceptionally well and we are pleased to honour you.
However, Rodney the framers of the concept of Mausica did introduce Agriculture into the syllabus/curriculum.
Remember the name of Mr. Douglas who passed away just a year or two ago. He and his family lived on the campus and he was given the responsibility to teach all the students Agriculture both theory and practical...Yes..We all didAgriculture for a brief while. We planted the land, made beds and grew crops. But the enthusiasm of the Lecturer then was and is now so symptomatic of so many teachers that he failed to motivate and encourage us to continue to persevere with the project.
Eventually, Agriculture became an optional subject like Woodwork or Music. However, with the latter two subjects the lecturers were more proactive and made themselves available to all students long after the normal school hours. Mr Douglas remained a lecturer of Agriculture at Mausica for several years. There may be some who may sing his praises and some of his optional students have reached commanding heights in Agriculture in the school curriculum and even at the Ministry of Education. However, the impact of the subject to be creative and to be percived as an alternatve means for a livelihood or just to attract the interest of the school population was lost and ineffectuve primarily because of the method of teaching that subject. Agriculture was/is a main subject in the Junior Secondary School Curriculum and there are Mausica graduate teachers of Agticulure in that system who never planted a seed or even taught the students to do so in their own school yard.
Blessings
Dr. Merle Baker -1966 - 1968
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