Social and religious educator Medino Abraham is blueprint for late bloomers

Religious and social educator Medino Abraham

Medino Abraham did not make the grade to attend Santa Rosa Secondary in Santa Rosa Village, Moruca, Region One (Barima/Waini); he attended Santa Rosa Primary Top and completed the Secondary Schools Proficiency Examinations then written by students in the community high school system, but today the 45-year-old religious and social educator is the holder of two university degrees.

“In a way I felt deprived of a secondary education because I didn’t make the marks to be among the first batch of students of the then new Santa Rosa Secondary School. They picked the cohort with the best marks because it was a new initiative. They needed the high flyers to show the authorities the need for the secondary school. Not boasting, but I have a bachelor’s degree and a master’s and I hope my journey can inspire young people,” he said. Abraham’s first degree is in pedagogy and education; his master’s is in Society and Frontiers with a focus on bilingual and Indigenous People’s education. He added,  “And you never know, God willing, I could go to a further stage, to do a PhD.”