Teachers’ union leader Rudy Lovell has urged primary school graduates to take full responsibility for their future, warning that success will depend not on chance but on discipline, resilience and sustained effort.

In a speech to the graduating class of Cuthbert Moore Primary School, Barbados Union of Teachers President Rudy Lovell declared that academic success and personal destiny are not matters of chance, but the fruits of relentless hard work, discipline and unwavering resilience.

Lovell challenged the youngsters to take full ownership of their futures as they transition into the secondary school system.