| – to again receive four top regional CSEC awardsWith Cecil Cox of Queen’s College (QC) being named the Most Outstanding Overall candidate at the 2015 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Guyana has achieved a novel feat.Cox secured passes in seven subject areas including: Communication Studies Unit 1, Applied Mathematics Unit 1, Chemistry Unit 2, Pure Mathematics Unit 2, Physics Unit 2, Digital Media Unit 2 and Computer Science Unit 2. He secured six Grade One passes and 1 Grade Three pass respectively.The 18-year-old also secured CAPE passes in seven subject areas last year.Superintendent of Examination, Ms. Sauda Kadir, yesterday confirmed that this is the first year that Guyana will receive the coveted top CAPE award from the Caribbean ExaminationsCouncil (CXC).This award, along with a number of other top CXC awards, will be presented at a ceremony later this year.Achieving the top CAPE award is one that Ms. Jackie Benn,China Jerseys Cheap, Principal of the premier secondary school, was eagerly anticipating.During an interview soon after the Ministry of Education unveiled the 2015 results in August, Ms. Benn, disclosed that while students of QC have over the years copped a number of regional awards at the level of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination on multiple occasions, including the overall best performer,Fernando Rodney Jersey, strategic moves were made to accomplish a similar feat at the level of CAPE this year.She said that since 2013, “I did motivate my students to work together with the staff to try to get this particular award at the regional level”.According to Benn, although the school is always pleased to have its students claim top regional CSEC prizes, “We have never been able to cop the regional prize for CAPE.”Although Cox is the only QC student identified for a regional CAPE award this year, he is not the only excelling Guyanese.Shonta Noel, of St. Rose’s High School, is also set to claim a coveted award – Most Outstanding Student in Business Studies. She has been able to do her school and by extension Guyana proud by securing six Grade One passes and one Grade Two pass in the subject areas of Caribbean Studies Unit 1, Tourism Unit 1, Accounting Unit 2, Law Unit 2, Management of Business Unit 2, Entrepreneurship Unit 2 and Economics Unit 2.Although Guyana has not been able to claim the top performing spot at CSEC this year, it will however be the recipient of four outstanding awards. Two of these awards will go to QC. This year the school is set to claim the Most Outstanding in Sciences award because of the performance of Shannon Woodroffe, who secured 14 Grade One passes, as well as the Most Outstanding in Humanities award which will be claimed by Joshanna Hopkinson. Hopkinson secured 18 Grade One passes.An award will also be claimed by national CSEC top performer, Victoria Najab, of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan Hindu Secondary School, who was named Most Outstanding performer in Business Studies. She secured 20 grade one passes, a novel feat for Guyana this year.Also set to receive a CXC award is Aliyah Rasheed of the Anna Regina Secondary School. Rasheed who secured 19 Grade One passes will receive the award for Most Outstanding in Technical-Vocational Studies.In an advertisement published yesterday in the state owned newspaper and a privately operated daily, Minister of Education,NFL Jerseys Cheap China, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, extended congratulations to the outstanding performers who he described as “exemplary young people.”“Not only have they made their parents,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey, guardians and teachers proud but have also kept Guyana’s Golden Arrowhead flying high,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey,” said Minister Roopnaraine.He continued by drawing attention to the fact that local students have consistently performed exceptionally well at the examinations conducted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).The Minister particularly gave focus to the consistent good performance of Cox and went on to note, “While we did not win the CSEC Best Overall Student award, a prize that we have dominated in previous years, Guyana has taken four out of eight of the available awards in the four core subject areas…”Chief Education Officer (CEO), Mr. Olato Sam, also in a message, observed that “our consistent dominance of the Regional awards is certainly testament to the value placed on education in Guyana and our commitment to excellence in this area.”He emphasised the need for stakeholders to support students in raising their standards so that the gap that exists between the best performers and those on the lower tiers could decrease significantly.But in celebrating the outstanding achievements Sam added,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, “I would like to give due recognition to the teachers who tirelessly devote themselves to making such performances possible. All of Guyana should feel extremely proud of these scholars and join in celebrating their truly remarkable accomplishments.” |
