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Complaints Commission first Art Competition
#TurksandCaicos, March 2, 2023 – The Complaints Commissioner, Mrs. Rita Gardiner OBE (Ombudsman) and her team at the Office of the Complaints Commission hosted their First Art Billboard and Poster Competition under the theme “Promoting Harmony, Good Governance, and Justice”. The initiative created an entertaining means to motivate and inspire the students, public officials and the general public and familiarise them with their role and the
The aim of poster and billboard competition within the Government High Schools is to help fulfil the Complaints Commission mandate and to bring about awareness of maladministration and how to recognise and report such destructive behaviours within government departments and statutory bodies throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.
All poster entries included the theme or a creative quotation related to the theme in English. Whilst all the principals and teachers of the Government High Schools were asked to facilitate the competitors in their schools and ensure entries in the poster and billboard competition were submitted. The TCI Complaints Commission reserved the right to publish and broadcast images from this competition in any of its publications, website, and promotional material. Students who produced outstanding work were required to present them at the Awards Ceremony on 17th February 2023.
While all Government High Schools were welcome to participate in the competition, only two schools competed, Clement Howell High School, with two (2) students participating and Louise Garland Thomas High School, with six (6) students, participated in the art competition.
The judges for the competition were Ms. Alesha Jennings, Mr. Rowan Pratt and Ms. Denyse Renne.
The judges selected the top five finalists, and their art pieces will be displayed at strategic locations around the Turks and Caicos Islands as billboards and posters.
The winners are
- 1st place: Philove Fradeus – Clement Howell High School.
- 2nd Place: Aaron Rigby – Louise Garland Thomas High School.
- 3rd place: Jlannah Gardiner- Clement Howell High School.
- 4th Place: Billica Williams- Louise Garland Thomas High School.
- 5th Place: Garry Harris- Louise Garland Thomas High School.
Presentations were made immediately following the Judging. Mrs. Rita Gardiner, OBE (Ombudsman), and her team were elated over the great success of their first initiative.
The role of the Complaints Commissioner is to investigate complaints of maladministration, the name given to a range of failures by public officials in handling citizens’ dealings with Government Departments and Statutory Bodies as stipulated in the Ordinance.
Together with promoting effective and efficient services rendered to the community, whilst educating persons about their rights and duties in a free and democratic society, providing a service to the public in fairness, justice and without prejudice to promote harmony and good governance in the Turks and Caicos Islands.