Testimony to Mrs Anne Chantale Chetty |26 February 2020

Mrs Chetty

The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has sent the following tribute following the passing on Sunday February 16, 2020 of former teacher Anne Chantale Chetty:

“Mrs Chetty had her primary education at St Mary’s School, Anse Boileau from 1952 to 1958. She then joined the Secondary Modern School at Mont Fleuri where she completed Form 3 in 1962.

“Mrs Chetty started her teaching career on February 15, 1980, when she was appointed teacher in the then Ministry of Education and Information. She was posted at the Regina Mundi Convent as a sewing teacher.

“In January 1981 she was transferred to the School for Home Craft Course as a Needle Craft Teacher.

“In January 1982, Mrs Chetty was transferred to Mont Fleuri School where she taught sewing, needle craft and Family Life Education.

“As part of her professional development, Mrs Chetty followed training at the Seychelles Polytechnic from January 1988 to March 1989 where she obtained a Seychelles Vocational Education Certificate.

“She remained a teacher at Mont Fleuri Primary School until her retirement from the service in December 2007.

“Those who have worked with Mrs Chetty would remember her as a devoted and reliable person. She was well respected by her working colleagues, students, parents and the community. She made sure that tasks assigned to her were accomplished with perfection. To her colleagues, she was helpful and cooperative. She was tactful in her ways. She took her work at heart and was rather enthusiastic in trying out things and seeking help to improve when necessary.

“To her students, she was a loving and caring teacher who had her students at heart. She made sure that those who had chosen to join her sewing class, girls as well as boys, would come out with good sewing skills.

“At the end of the year, Mrs Chetty worked tirelessly mounting the annual school exhibition, to showcase the work and talents of her students. Parents would come in numbers, eagerly to view and appreciate the sewing and needle craft work of their children, who had the privilege to be inspired and taught by a skillful and creative teacher.

“Thank you Mrs Chetty for your dedication. Adieu. Till we meet again.”

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