MEMOIRS OF A PIONEER IN EDUCATION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 

When I was a child, my father would rock me on his knees,

Give me advice and tell me how much he cared and loved me.

I was a few months old but I retained his advice in my memory.

Although he passed away I still love my father dearly. 

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His talks with me were meaningful and educational.

He was an outstanding and devoted school principal.

I know he was God-fearing as he prayed with us each night.

He was always teaching his children to do what was right.

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No wonder the Trinidad and Tobago Government saw it fit,

To send him to the United Kingdom on a Government

 scholarship,

To pursue studies in the London University Institute of

 Education.

He graduated with a 580-page thesis and was given a big

 promotion.

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As District Inspector of Schools, his performance was

 outstanding.

Nothing for him in those primitive days was too demanding.

He attained a Doctorate in Education from Florida State

 University.

Dr. Andrew M. Khan was one of the pioneers of Education in

 his country.

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He led by example and made outstanding contributions to the

 church also.

He became the first Presiding Elder in the Presbyterian

 Church in Trinidad

 and Tobago.

Dr. Khan served in all courts of the church until his passing in

 1975

 prematurely.

The Presbyterian Teachers’ Association honoured him with

 gold medals

 posthumously.

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His children excelled in their various careers and served the

 nation.

One was a Judge, and another was Assistant Comptroller –

 Customs and

 Excise Division.

One owned a business, one was an Accountant, one a Public

 Relations

 Officer, and one a Spanish Professor.

One was a School Principal, another a Teacher, and one was

 an Executive

 Foreign Service Officer.

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I was the eighth child in that family and became a Bank

 Manager.

After my father’s death, I compiled and published his memoirs.

In the Foreword written by former Trinidad and Tobago Chief

 Justice, Sir

 Isaac Hyatali,

He remarked, “Dr. Khan was one of the greatest intellectuals in

 this

 society.” 

Copyright@Brenda Mohammed

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