The Turks and Caicos Islands Government would like to express its sincerest thanks to Mrs. Linda Walkin for her thirty six (36) dedicated years of service to the government and people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mrs. Walkin joined the civil service in 1978 as an untrained teacher at the South Caicos Primary School now Iris Stubbs Primary and in 1980 departed the islands to pursue a Diploma in Education at Shortwood Teachers College in Jamaica, returning in 1983 as a teacher at the Bottle Creek Primary School, now Adelaide Oemler Primary School (AOPS).
In 1994 Mrs. Walkin commenced studies at the University of the West Indies and in 1995 was upgraded to a Trained Teacher. A position she held for 10 years before being upgraded to Vice Principal of the AOPS in 2005 and later to the role of Principal in 2008.
“We commend Mrs. Walkin for her many years of dedicated service which spans over three decades! Throughout the years she has continued to have a profound impact on the development and progress of the Adelaide Oemler Primary School and on the wellbeing and educational growth of hundreds of youths on the island of North Caicos. We wish her all the best on her retirement and am most grateful to her for her exemplary service,” said Deputy Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams.
“We in the Ministry of Education, Youth Sports and Library Services would like to join in wishing Mrs. Walkin all the best on her retirement and in thanking her for her service to the education sector, most especially the Adelaide Oemler Primary School during the last 36 years. She has been instrumental in the growth and development of AOPS and will be severely missed, we certainly wish her well” said Hon. Akierra Misick Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services.
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Service will now commence the recruitment process for a new Principal for the Adelaide Oemler Primary School.