Dr. Rene Baly and Dr. Rhoda Arrindell are the scheduled guests on Conscious Lyrics radio magazine this weekend, said Shujah Reiph, host/producer of the program.
The program will focus on the views, policies, and practices of the two St. Martin educators on education, language, literacy, and working tips to students and parents on how to develop and maintain a positive self-esteem to achieve academically, said Reiph.
"We need to motivate and encourage our kids on the importance of reading," said Dr. Baly as a point that he plans to share some interesting ideas about. As a public school principal in Florida, USA, Baly has taught for 10 years and has worked as an administrator for 15 years.
"Literacy gives our children, our young men and women, in fact it gives us all more confidence to achieve at all levels in life," said Dr. Baly. Last June Dr. Baly conducted the youth literacy workshop at the 9th annual St. Martin Book Fair.
Dr. Rhoda Arrindell will talk about her findings on language, culture, and identity in St. Martin, which are further discussed in her doctorial dissertation.
Arrindell, just months into her first term as the Minister of Education of St. Martin (South), successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico in May 2011. She will also give some details about the identity survey she conducted and the history of the St. Martin language, said Reiph.