Any input from Government as it relates to a move towards a hike in tuition fees at the University of Guyana will have to be guided by the institution’s Council. At least this is according to Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, even as she sought to respond to questions as to whether a potential hike in the fees has been up for discussion at the level of Cabinet.

According to the Minister, while she has some knowledge that the University had announced moves to discuss the matter among various stakeholders, the decision on such a major move would be one that the Council has to pronounce on ultimately. And the Council’s decision, she noted, will be supported by Government.
In fact Manickchand pointed out that since the University’s operation is governed by a Council, even the Ministry of Education does not have a supervisory input. “We release funds, that is the extent of our contribution there…we give the funds…” she told media operatives at a Cara Lodge, Quamina Street, Georgetown, venued press conference on Monday.

Nevertheless, Manickchand, whose port folio sees her being tasked with overseeing general education matters in the country, disclosed that she has observed that there has been a notable change in the management of the University. This change she attributed to the new Council which was installed during the last quarter of last year. “I am satisfied that there has been a significant change in this new Council in the way they are trying to be more accountable. At the end of the day what UG earns from students’ fees and whatever else they earn from is not enough to run the University, and as a country we are going to have to decide how we go forward,” she asserted on Monday.

Added to the evident accountability promoted by the new Council, the Minister pointed to the stewardship of Vice Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi, whom, she said has ensured that there is more frequent and prompt answers to financial questions.
Professor Opadeyi was appointed to the position of Vice Chancellor early last year and soon after called for a Special Audit of the institution’s Bursary. The audit, which was voluntarily conducted by financial experts of the University of the West Indies, was able to uncover startling financial discrepancies. The disturbing findings resulted in the termination of two senior Bursary officials – the Bursar and the Chief Accountant.
Moves have since been made to improve the operation of the Bursary with a view of ensuring that there is financial accountability to encourage Government’s support to the institution.

According to Minister Manickchand, under Professor Opadeyi “we have seen more frequent and prompt answers to financial questions.  The answers are not (always) what we would want but they are frequent and prompt answers to financial questions and they seem to know better what’s going on with their finances than they did before.”
“Are we happy with all the answers they give? No we are not! But like I said UG is run by a Council that is dictated by law and that is the extent to our involvement,” said the Minister.

She however outlined that the Education Ministry has continued collaboration with the tertiary institution to determine “what our teachers will learn, what students need to know…to see if our curriculum is matching what students need to know at entry level to the University but that is very different from the administrative running.”

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2014/01/05/govts-input-at-ug-will-be-guided-by-its-council-manickchand/

Eleven papers in seven subjects would be electronically marked from the May/June 2014 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, according to the latest update on the introduction of electronic-marking (e-marking) by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC).

This was revealed in the communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 45th meeting of CXC and a meeting of the Schools Examinations Committee (SEC) last week in Guy-ana, which also saw reporting by CXC Registrar Dr Didacus Jules on the Council’s transformation agenda, including the development of its 2014 to 2020 Strategic Plan and new syllabuses for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

According to the communiqué, the SEC meeting, held last Thursday, was updated on the process involved in e-marking as part of CXC becoming an IT-Intelligent organization with plans that also include sharing educational content via cellphones. After next year’s introduction, it noted, 22 papers are to be e-marked from the January 2015 CSEC examinations sitting, and 24 papers from the May/June 2016 sitting.

The SEC, it was explained, was advised that teachers would be trained to engage in e-marking. In addition, the communiqué said the SEC noted the quality of the e-marking would be monitored using the same process as table marking, which involved Chief Examiners, Table Leaders and Examiners.

It was further noted that a cost benefit evaluation on the e-marking initiative was conducted to examine the payback period and the net present value. “In each case, over the next 2-3 years, the Council would recover funds invested and possibly realize savings in those particular cases,” the communiqué said.

Addressing CXC’s strategic plan, Dr Jules was reported as saying that the Council will concentrate on three strategic objectives: strengthening the CXC business model, securing financial stability and delivering an enhanced stakeholder experience.

The CXC strategy will endeavour to enable every Caribbean person, including out of school candidates, the opportunity to be certified, having the knowledge, skills and competence, Dr Jules added.

“The new strategic plan has been built on some of the significant things that the registrar has managed,” CXC Chairman Dr. Nigel Harris also told a news conference last Friday after the conclusion of the Council’s meeting.

He said the meeting involved interesting and innovative plans for change and considerable interaction by the delegates, who provided inputs to ensure that the changes would positively impact all of Caribbean education.

“This meeting, as the last few, has been very important for us because it includes what has been the process in which we are involved—which is being led by the registrar for CXC, ably assisted by the Pro-Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch and team—…an effort to not only transform the whole CXC system… but indeed to work to have an impact in all of education, from primary through secondary, even impacting on tertiary education…,” he added.

Meanwhile, the communiqué also noted that the Council approved the budget for 2014, which provides for projected revenue of 50.5 million Barbados dollars and total expenditure of 50.3 million Barbados dollars. “The budget provides for key areas such as syllabus development and maintenance, examinations preparation and administration, business development, technology renewal, human resource management, research and development and marketing and stakeholder relationship management,” according to the communiqué.

According to the communiqué, the meeting of SEC noted that the syllabuses for CAPE Agricul-tural Science, Performing Arts, Tourism, and Entrepreneurship were completed and approved by the Sub-committee (SUBSEC) for teaching starting in September 2014 and first examination in May/June 2015. The Digital Media syllabus was completed and approved for teaching in September 2013 and first paperless examination in May/June 2014.

Digital Media is intended for students who are good at English. They will be able to post information on blogs and will be accessed for free through the region’s e-learning website, caribbean.notesmaster.com. Educational content on cellphones is also set to be promoted by the Council and the Caribbean Notesmaster website.

SEC was informed that SUBSEC approved the development of a syllabus for Animation and Game Design for CAPE, while the syllabus for CAPE Physical Education and Sport was under review and would be submitted for the approval of SUBSEC at its next meeting.

It was further noted that two changes were effected to the administration of the Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Compe-tence (CCSLC) during 2013: the award of individual subject certificate as well as grouped subjects certificate, and offering the programme to out-of-school candidates. The out-of-school candidates would register in education institutions approved as CXC examination centres, which would follow the same procedures and processes as schools, according to the communiqué.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/guyana/12/11/cxc-begin-e-marking-mayjune-2014-exams/

THE Ministry of Education announced yesterday that Guyana has once again performed remarkably well at the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) written during May/June 2014. 

Candidates have excelled in 16 subject areas at CSEC, while at CAPE they outperformed the region in 9 units.
Among the schools that excelled are Tagore High School, Berbice; Hope Secondary School, Hope, East Coast Demerara; Essequibo Islands Secondary School; North West Secondary School,Mabaruma, Region 1; Zeeburg Secondary School, Region 3; Bishops’ High; President’s College; Mackenzie High, Linden; Annandale Secondary,Region 4; Queen’s College; and St. Roses High.

The Education Ministry said in a statement that it “is pleased to announce that Guyanese students have performed remarkably well and have been placed among the top 10 best performing candidates in the Region in a number of subject areas.
Candidates have excelled in 16 subject areas at CSEC while at CAPE candidates outperformed the Region in 9 Units.”
In October of 2014 the Education Ministry announced with pride that Guyana had once again done extraordinarily at the CSEC examinations, gaining four Regional Awards for Outstanding Performance in the May/June 2014 examinations.

In recognition of their achievements, CXC will present these students with awards at a ceremony to be held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, Mona Campus, Jamaica on Thursday, 4th December, 2014.
During a press briefing to announce Guyana’s performance at CSEC 2014, Education Minister Priya Manickchand noted that 38.7% of the students who wrote CSEC Mathematics gained Grade One to Three passes, and the ministry also recorded another tremendous achievement was the improvement of a 9.72% increase in Mathematics, making this year the best performing year since 1990.

Though the figure remains under the 50% mark, it also represents a better performance compared to results recorded since 1990. She emphasised that “this is the best performing year in Mathematics ever recorded.” Last year, just 28.92% of the students who wrote CSEC Mathematics gained Grade One to Three passes.
The Ministry of Education has extended best wishes to the candidates on their spectacular achievements, and hopes that their resolve, hard work and abilities continue to propel them to greater heights.

Source: https://guyanachronicle.com/2014/11/14/guyanese-excel-in-16-subject-areas-at-csec-out-perform-region-in-9-units-at-cape

Rosignol Secondary was on Tuesday officially declared an `A’ List school with the unveiling of a plaque after more than $45M was spent to upgrade it.

There were promises that the school would produce students who would be among the top in the country at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examination.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said that the fruit of the investment would be seen and known when the students start performing at their maximum.

She said while all of the other regions had ‘A’ list schools, high achievers had to leave Region Five and travel far distances or stay at relatives’ homes to attend a top school.She promised to ensure that Region Five would not be left behind and said that the students are now in a position to top the country.

To bring it to the standard of an ‘A’ list school, certain infrastructure and facilities had to be put in place.

The students have also been provided with the required text books.

The school currently has 35 teachers but needs one more and the ministry is in the process of hiring the other teacher. Eighteen of them are trained and seven are graduates.

Four new teachers were added last year, resulting in the school now offering six new subjects, including Biology, Physics, Building Technology and Spanish.

It will soon offer Mechanical Engineering, Technology and Visual Arts. In all, the school would be delivering 25 subjects and is about to add two more, matching schools in Georgetown.

A block had to be constructed to accommodate two science labs that were stocked with materials and resources such as tools and equipment.

The old lab had to be converted into five classrooms to provide more space and prevent overcrowding.

Major rehabilitation works were also done including painting and electrical work.

Twenty-one computer systems were also added to the information technology lab so that during a session each student could have individual access. The ministry also stocked and enhanced the home economics department.

The minister urged parents to check with their children and visit the schools to ensure they complete their School Based Assessments on time.

Students who have supportive parents, she said, are the ones who have performed well.

Regional Education Officer (acting), Annesta Douglas said her department is “committed to supervise, monitor and enhance the learning environment and improve the quality, affordability and accessibility of education in this school…”

Acting headmistress, Cheryl Ferguson outlined the history of the school while Regional chairman of Region Five, Bindrabhan Bisnauth and chairman of the Parent-Teachers’ Association, Shinwell Mohabir also gave brief remarks.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/guyana/11/14/rosignol-secondary-list-45m-refurbishing/

GOVERNMENT has spent $45M on improving the Rosignol Secondary school in Region 5 to an A List School. The money was expended on text books, chemical and laboratory equipment, physical rehabilitation, computers and furniture to bring it to A List level.

And on Tuesday, Education Minister, Priya Manickchand commissioned the upgraded school.
The school, which was offering 16 subjects, has now added six others. These are Biology, Physics, Economics, Building Technology, Technical Drawing and Spanish, and soon Visual Arts and Mechanical Engineering Technology will be added.
To bring Rosignol Secondary to an A List school, a block was built to house two science labs, and the old labs were converted into five classrooms. Major renovation work was done, while 21 computers were installed for Information Technology and materials and equipment bought for Home Economics.
The Industrial Technology labs were renovated and equipped with furniture and materials while space was created for an agricultural science lab.
In the area of sport, a tarmac was constructed to facilitate games, and sports gear was bought.

Each child has the recommended text in the following 15 subjects – Mathematics, English A, English B, Social Studies, Integrated Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Food and Nutrition, Home Economics Management, Clothing and Textiles, Principles Of Accounts, Principles Of Business, Office Administration and Economics.
There are class sets for the following four subjects – Physical Education, Agricultural Science, History and Geography.
For Grades 7 to 9, each child has the recommended text for English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. There are also class sets for the following subjects – Agricultural Science, Home Economics and Spanish.

Rosignol Secondary requires a cadre of 36 teachers, but now has one less. Eighteen of them are trained, with seven being graduates. Four additional trained teachers were appointed to this school this year, to teach Biology, Physics, Spanish, English A and Mathematics.
Meanwhile, Minister Manickchand, speaking at the commissioning, said , “Education is the only tool that could change your life…the only way we can secure the future of our children is by giving them an education, the only thing you can give a child and no one can take it away from them.”

The minister said that the only way to ensure that the country’s children are equal is to put the necessary infrastructure and human resources in place, and the PPP/C Government understands that; and it is for this reason that the education sector takes up a large chunk of the national budget annually.
This investment, Minister Manickchand said, has produced results, in that today, because of access to education, poverty has been cut in half, which is significant, and 80% of secondary age children have access to secondary schools, 70% of the teachers are trained, and Guyana has been able to attain universal primary education. Government is now working to achieve universal secondary education in keeping with the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Number 2.

Minister Manickchand said that Region 5 has already achieved universal secondary education, and complimented the region for the work it has been doing to sustain the quality of education delivered.
She said that even as the ministry is looking at building schools in some other areas, there is need to improve the quality of education delivered. “It’s not we alone, all around the world this conversation is happening, how we make sure the children get a proper education…government has ensured that we dedicate a large amount on education to ensure that happened”.

One of the criticisms, she said, is that children have to go to extra lessons, and the ministry will be looking into that issue. However, she said that this will not be possible without the partnership of the parents, teachers and the regional administration.
She urged the regional educational officers to be stern and ensure that the school curriculum is completed, and the teachers, to be the very best they can, and ensure they deliver the quality of education that is expected.
Minister Manickchand said that parents also have a major role to play. “When you check all the children that are doing well, they have parents that are very supportive, not rich or educated, but they go to the PTAs and stay up and study with their children,” she said.

Minister Manickchand also charged the students to make full use of the opportunity that have been given them, and to work hard so that in less than five years the school can produce the best in the Caribbean at all levels.
Region 5 Chairman, Bindrabhan Bisnauth, expressed pleasure at the school being made an A List institution, and very soon Bygeval Secondary school will be converted as well.
Bisnauth promised that the regional administration will continue to support the school’s programme, and make representation when necessary. He said that the region will continue to ensure that it becomes one of the best in the country.

Recently, a new wing was commissioned at the Fort Wellington Secondary School, also in Region 5, to accommodate 150 Grade 7 students.

Other schools in Region 5 to be commissioned include Novar Primary (extension), new Woodley Park Secondary School, and the Bygeval Secondary School as an A- List School.

Source: http://guyanachronicle.com/2013/11/13/45m-spent-on-upgrading-rosignol-secondary-to-a-list-school

Rosignol Secondary School in West Berbice has joined the group of A-List schools in Guyana.
Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand yesterday made the declaration before a large gathering of parents, teachers, and Ministry of Education (MoE) senior officials. Prior to the commissioning, every coastal region in Guyana, except Region 5 had A-List schools, which meant that students from that region had to traverse to other regions in order to access more subject areas and educational opportunities.

Ms. Manickchand met with the school administrators in her office a few months ago and a decision was made to disperse $45M towards upgrading the educational institution to match those five other A-List schools in Guyana.
A block was constructed to accommodate two science labs while the old labs were converted to classrooms. Major rehabilitation works, inclusive of painting and electrical works were also done. Two Science labs were furnished with furniture and chemicals, tools, equipment and other resources and the school can now offer the separate Sciences as subject areas.

Twenty-one additional computers were installed in the computer lab and adequate Home Economics materials purchased. The Industrial Technology labs were rehabilitated, painted and stocked with the relevant tools and materials. Space was created to establish an Agricultural Science lab stocked with adequate materials. And a tarmac was built specially to facilitate the delivery of the Sport and Physical Education Curriculum and for the playing of volleyball and football. The necessary sport gears and materials were also purchased to boost that curriculum.
Being an A-List school, Rosignol Secondary now offers a whopping 25 subject areas to students, a major accomplishment, according to the Minister. Very soon, the school will offer Mechanical Engineering Technology and Visual Arts. It has 35 teachers, 18 of whom are trained and 7 of whom are graduates from the University of Guyana.
Ms. Manickchand in delivering the Feature Address underscored the value of education and the places one can go in life if one were to embrace his or her education. “Education if the only tool that can help you to equalize your life,” she added.

She praised the initiative of the MoE, in that “your children who performed very well—if their parents could afford it—they had to send them to Region 6 or to Georgetown, to a relative to stay…you know the story.”
Students had to opt for schools, she said, which “did not match their academic aptitude because they couldn’t afford to send them to the other regions and we robbed those children.”
“We will never leave Region 5 behind and I have every interest in making sure that the people of Region 5 get the best.” She added that the choice to make Rosignol an A-List School was not “like waving a wand.”
“We had to make sure the facilities were in this school that would allow your children to be the very best they can be.”

The Minister then urged the teachers to give more and teach more effectively now that the school had been upgraded among the elite A-List schools across Guyana.
Students, now too, have the top recommended textbooks to ensure their studies are boosted. Region 5 Chairman, Mr. Bindraban Bisnauth; PTA Chairman, Mr. Shinwell Mohabir; Headmistress, Ms. J. Moore and Education Officer of Region 5, Ms. Anesta Douglas in place of Regional Education Officer, Mr. Owen Pollard, all spoke at the ceremony. Also present were Deputy Chief Education Officer, Ms. Doodmattie Singh and Assistant Chief Education Officer (secondary) Ms. Melcita Bovell.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/11/13/rosignol-secondary-declared-a-list-school/ 

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has assured that 90 per cent of the Information Technology (IT) laboratories in schools throughout Guyana are in use, with functional computers.

The Minister was responding to questions posed in Parliament by Opposition Chief Whip and Member of Parliament (M.P) Amna Ally over the functionality of Information Technology (IT) equipment given to secondary schools across the country.

In a written question, Ally asked the Education Minister to provide the National Assembly with the requisite information pertaining to the functionality of IT equipment in secondary schools, a list of those schools where the equipment are non functional, and how soon they would be fixed?
The Education Minister in a written response said that “IT equipment was provided to 95 secondary schools between 2010 and 2013. It is virtually impossible to say at any specific moment that all the equipment are in use and functional. However, based on feedback received from the regions and visits, over 90% of the IT labs are in use with functioning computers.”

The Minister pointed out that the responsibility lies with the various departments of Education to rectify the problems of non functionality. “Once the computers are installed and certified as functional in the schools, it is the responsibility of the various Departments of Education to budget for repairs and maintenance and even replacement of equipment. The Management Information System (MIS) Unit does not have the staff to service hundred of schools throughout Guyana, though it may assist from time to time.” Manickchand posited.
The Education Minister furnished a list of 93 Secondary Schools in Regions One to Ten which are equipped with IT departments, both functional and non functional.

According to the list provided, 75 of the Secondary Schools have functional IT equipment while the remaining twenty -three were deemed non functional.

However, thirteen of those twenty -three schools recently received IT labs and works are presently ongoing to them up and running.

Meanwhile, two schools; Central High and Kinston Secondary are slated to be outfitted with IT labs in 2014.
The IT labs in the remaining seven schools were listed as non functional due to electrical/power issues and network instillation problems which are being rectified by the respective institutions according to the Minister.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/11/12/majority-of-it-labs-in-secondary-schools-functional-minister/

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has warned contractors against “skimming off” of government’s monies. The Minister went on to further urge them to do quality work and finish on time, especially those who are contracted to her Ministry.
She was speaking at the commissioning of the new wing of the Fort Wellington Secondary School in Region Five recently.
“The government has the greatest intention and we match that intention with political will and we match that will with financial investment,” she stated.

Manickchand went on to say that some contractors come along and don’t believe that they have the duty to “be a good citizen and finish the buildings on time and it inconveniences everybody.”
At the end of the day, she noted, the buck has to stop somewhere and the government and MoE are called to account for the actions.

“Presently, we are building and expanding and making sure that children are comfortable. We call on all contractors to do that which you sign on to do…so make sure you finish these buildings on time and make sure you do it to the kind of quality that you’d like to have your own children enjoy, and make sure you don’t skim off government’s money and try to make as much as you can on the contracts, so you give us poor materials and poor work.”
The Minister stated that the MoE has completed a lot of rehabilitation and repair works to various schools across the country over the past August holidays.

“I don’t believe all contractors are wicked…we did an enormous amount of work over the school holidays…we repaired and renovated or built a large number of schools.”
She reiterated that bad contractors will have their contracts terminated from the education bracket and persons that can deliver quality works will be given the contracts.

Source: (Leon Suseran) https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2013/11/04/dont-skim-off-of-governments-monies/

Education Minister Priya Manickchand extended felicitations to the outstanding performers at this year’s local and regional examinations, and to their parents and teachers, asserting that the ministry itself cannot create successful students but it depends on partnerships with parents, teachers and communities.

“These top students being celebrated here today are really representations of the new Guyana that we have before us, that we can justly celebrate,” she said in her address at the National Awards Ceremony held yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.

“You are at an extremely exciting point in the country’s history. Guyana is just ready for takeoff. We are poised for so many good things. We are positioned to have so much happen. You are the children, the people of tomorrow. You can take our country and fashion it in the way you would like to see it. You get to decide what Guyana’s tomorrow looks like. You get to decide what Guyana looks like in 20 years,” she said in her charge to the students.

The national awards ceremony recognises the achievements of students who have excelled in the following areas of assessment and institutions: National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), Carib-bean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Guyana Technical Education Examination (GTEE), Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) and the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), the ministry said in a press release. The minister was also quick to point out that there is much more work to be done by the ministry to enhance the quality of education delivered.

“Even as we celebrate, we are deeply conscious at the MOE that we have much more work yet to be done in making sure our teachers are the very best they can be. We will not be complacent. We will be working even harder. We are going to stay committed and reenergize ourselves to make sure we deliver the best education that is possible at this time in Guyana,” she said.

Manickchand also expressed her disappointment with the Opposition leaders for not making time to congratulate and celebrate the success of “our Guyanese sons and daughters.”

“We got the Best Overall Performance, Most Outstanding Performance in Science, Most Outstanding Award in Business Education, Most Outstanding Performance in Humanities, and Most Outstanding Performance in Technical and Vocational Education. We got five of the eight awards the CXC offers. Other countries are celebrating us, blogging about us and writing editorials about us. It is absolutely shameful and disgraceful that not one single leader from the opposition has found it appropriate to congratulate our children, to celebrate the teachers that they often criticize, to say thank you to the hard working parents they go to for votes every five years,” she said.

Meanwhile, in his feature address Prime Minister Samuel Hinds congratulated the students for their outstanding performances, saying that government is vindicated by their success after investing heavily in the education sector.

Awards

The recipients of awards for National Grade Sex Assessment 2013 are Salma Majeed from the ISA Islamic Academy with 548 marks, followed by the Christian Pile and Navindra Persaud from Mae’s Under 12, with 547 and 545 marks respectively.

Best Junior Secondary School Performers (CSEC)

The Best Junior Secondary School performers at the CSEC level are Zimeena Rasheed with 18 grade ones and two grade twos and Yogeeta Persaud with 18 grade ones, both from the from the Anna Regina Secondary School. Rafena Mustapha   and Parmeshwarie Seodat both of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan, both secured 15 grade ones.

Best Senior Secondary School Performers (CSEC)

The Best Senior Secondary School performers at the CSEC level were all from Queen’s College. They are Cecil Cox, 16 grade ones; Phillipe Walker, 17 grade ones; Akeila Wiltshire, 16 grade ones and one grade two and Akash Jairam, 16 grade ones, one grade two and one grade three.

Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) 

Six students from Carnegie were honoured for their outstanding work. They are Luis Field for Garment Construction, Kimberly Baker for Commercial Food Preparation, Johnel Bourne for Catering and Hospitality, Carlyn Grahame  and Alicia Mc Calman for General Cosmetology and Kamalita Heeralall for Visual Arts in the Craft Production and Design Division.

Guyana Technical Education Examinations
Five students from the Government Technical Institute (GTI) received awards for their outstanding performances. They are Javin Armstrong who gained an Elementary Certificate in Telecommuni-cations; Michael Hunte with a Techni-cian’s Certificate in Electrical Engineering Part II; Colin Quintyn with a Technician Diploma in Building and Civil Engineering; Shaneza Moore with an Ordinary Diploma in Commerce and David Duncan who gained an Ordinary Diploma in Science.

Khemraj Ramcharran of the Essequibo Technical Institute was honoured for excelling in the Basic Craft Certificate in Automotive Studies. Two students from the New Amsterdam Technical Institute were honoured for their performance:  Tejpaul Thakoordine with a Craft Certificate in Electrical Installation and Rashana Henry with a Diploma in Computer Science.

For the individual awards, Cecil Cox of Queen’s College was awarded the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate for Best Science Performer while the award for the overall Best Performer at the CSEC level went to Yogeeta Persaud of Anna Regina Secondary School.

The best performers at the 2013 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) are Auradha Dev, Dewattie Narine, Prashat Shivas, Keleshwar Singh, Benedict Sukra, and Melodie Lowe, all from Queen’s College and Shalita Appadu from President’s College. The overall best performer at CAPE was awarded to Jonelle James of Queen’s College.

The award for The Most Improved Primary School was given to Cumberland Primary while Tutorial High School was awarded The Most Improved Junior Secondary School. The Most Improved Senior Secondary School is St Joseph High School. In addition, Veronica Jeffrey, from the Turkeyen Centre (Early Childhood), won the award for the Best Graduating Student from CPCE.

The Special Award for Most Outstanding Performances at the CSEC 2013 was presented to Yogeeta Persaud (Anna Regina Secondary School) – Best Overall Performance; Cecil Cox (Queen’s College) – Most Outstanding Performance in Science; Sasha Woodroffe (Queen’s College) – Most Outstanding Award in Business Education; Rafena Mustapha (Saraswati Vidya Niketan) – Most Outstanding Performance in Humanities and Zimeena Rasheed (Anna Regina Secondary School) – Most Outstanding Performance in Technical and Vocational Education.

Source: https://www.stabroeknews.com/2013/news/guyana/11/01/success-education-resulted-partnership/