Honourable President of Parliament Drs. Gracita Arrindell, will be the keynote speaker at Women of Great Esteem ceremony hosted by the Macademy School of Science and Technology in Brooklyn, New York.
The ceremony is being held on Saturday evening and the theme is "Women as Change Agents in the 21st Century." Arrindell was one of the recipients of the Women of Great Esteem award two years ago.
The Macademy provides early developmental care and emotional development. It is an academic supplemental ELearing Center, designed to house students from nursery to the sixth grade.
"It is an honour for me to have been invited to give the key note address. Education is the key to success in life and to the creation of wealth. It provides the building tools for one to be a success. Education should be at the centre of all endeavours.
"An educated population has a positive impact on all sectors of a country, from the economy to social development. The future of country Sint Maarten also depends on having an educated populace especially more than ever in this day and age of information technology," President of Parliament Hon. Gracita Arrindell said on Thursday.