-says GSA’s Director of Academic Affairs

THE community of Beterverwagting has without a doubt produced a number of prominent individuals throughout its history.

Growing up in the twin village of BV/Triumph community, Oscar Glasgow, now the Director of Academic Affairs at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), explained to the Pepperpot Magazine that he was born into a family of 11 children.

Glasgow explained that he was a pupil of the BV primary school and later went to the Muslim College in the city of Georgetown for his secondary education. After he graduated high school, Glasgow started his teaching profession in 1978 and enrolled in the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) in 1981. After graduating from CPCE, Glasgow decided to pursue his diploma in agriculture at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA).

According to Glasgow, “teaching is the one profession that I loved very much and to this day, I still love it, even though I am at a managerial level at the GSA.” He also stated that he was a part-time lecturer at the CPCE and the Regional Education Programme for Animal Health Assistants (REPAHA).

In 1990, Glasgow joined GSA as an Assistant Farm Manager on the livestock farm, after which he went to the University of Guyana and studied Economics and he began to lecture at the GSA in 1996.

Despite trying to advance his academic career, Glasgow found time to start his own family and married his wife, Desire Glasgow, in 1989. Following their marriage, Glasgow and his wife relocated to the village of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara, where they lived for nine years before returning to BV. Their marriage brought forth three boys: Marlon, Paul and Mark.

One of the things that Mr. Glasgow truly enjoys is sports, especially cricket and football. According to him, he has always been involved in sports and community activities in BV. While he lived in Buxton, Glasgow shared that he was actively involved in sports and the youngsters of that community, and he was voted Vice President of the Buxton Sports Club.

Glasgow told the young people of Guyana, particularly the youths of Beterverwagting, “First and foremost, I want the young people to know that they must attend and stay in school. Make sure you complete your schooling; education is extremely important, especially for every young person.

Sports are always very important in your life; it is essential that you stay physically active and get involved in whatever sports make you happy. Academics and sports give a good balance in life.”

Glasgow also wants young people to understand that it is okay to put the gadgets down sometimes and interact within their communities and with their peers and elders. He also noted that whatever they choose to do in life, let it benefit them and their families. According to him, not everyone is cut out to work in a bank, as a doctor, or in any other profession. But they can also find satisfaction in being a wonderful carpenter or farmer.

Whatever the young people do, as long as they are meaningfully occupied, will enable them to be mentally active, said the professor.