Anna Regina boy CSEC star
Nazana Weekes and Robert Mansell, both of Queen’s College, have been named top Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE) students respectively while Rahul Neehal Lall of Anna Regina Multilateral is unofficially the top Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examination (CSEC) student. He secured 14 grade ones and 2 grade twos.
Weekes secured the CAPE top spot with five grade ones in Computer Science 1, Computer Science 2, Information Technology 1, Environmental Science 2 and Pure Mathematics.
Samanthani Lalaram: obtained 13 grade ones
Meanwhile Mansell gained his spot as the top GCE student with four ‘A’s in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Nine other students were listed as GCE top achievers while 16 other names were released as the top CSEC achievers but in no specific order.
Minister of Education Shaik Baskh said at a press conference to release the results yesterday that he was satisfied with the overall performance of students but expressed his disappointment with the CSEC English Language and Literature results.
The minister also said that he was unhappy with the slothfulness of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in releasing the examination results to Guyana when other Caribbean territories had received theirs almost a week ago.
The individual exam slips with the candidates’ results are not in Guyana as yet and according to the minister it “is in transit with the DHL shipping company.”
The results will be made available to schools tomorrow although it is not definite that the exam slips will be here.
392 candidates entered for CAPE this year compared to 521 in 2007. There was also a slight decline in overall performance from 90.5% last year to 87.9% this year.
Shervanie Persaud: obtained A in Chemistry (AL) three Bs in Biology (AL), Mathematics (AL) and Physics (AL).
Riccola Cummings: obtained 11 grade ones and one grade 2.
As regards the GCE exams there was a decline in the number of candidates writing the Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary examination this year. In 2007, 108 students had written the Advanced Level compared to 62 this year. 176 students wrote Advanced Subsidiary last year compared to 137 this year, and 13 were private candidates.
The overall GCE pass rate this year is 82.5%. Performance in several subjects rose significantly with English Literature and History retaining their 100% pass rate. Accounts and Economics rose significantly. Chemistry rose from 80% to 83%, Physics from 65.7% to 75%, and Mathematics from 83.6% to 93.9 %.
There was an increase in CSEC candidates with 9,912 candidates this year compared to 9,480 last year. The pass rate in the General and Technical proficiencies for grade one to three was 57.23%, and for grades one to four 78.67%.
Dellyssa Edinboro: obtained 11 grade ones and one grade two.
These rates show an increase in the pass rate for grade one to three from 56.94% in 2007 but the pass rate for grades one to four has declined from 79.53% in 2007.
A 75% pass rate from grades one to three was recorded for 19 of the subjects; a 90% pass rate in grade one to four was recorded for 25 of these subjects.
Joanne Stoby: obtained 11 grade ones .
The performance in Mathematics although it has increased somewhat is still considered unsatisfactory. The grade one to three pass rate in Physics has increased significantly from 34.77% last year to 78.11% this year.
Robert Mansell: obtained four A’s in chemistry (AL), Mathematics (AL), Further Mathematics (AL) and Physics (AL).
A 100% pass rate for grade one to three has been recorded for Music, Physical Education and Sports and Theatre Arts.
Farzana Razack: obtained 12 grade ones and one grade two.
Aaron Haralsingh: obtained 11 ones and one grade three.
Roopesh Sukhu: obtained two As in chemistry (AL) and mathematics (AL) and Bs in Biology (AL) and Physics (AL).
Natoya Arthur: obtained B in Human Biology (AL) and A in Mathematics (AL)
Sean Kowlessar: obtained two Bs-in accounting (AS), accounting (AL), a D in law (AL) and A in Mathematics (AL).
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…… CONGRATULATIONS ! r in order here,,,, since ” dedication,, dilligence ,, and
parental guidance — i suspect — contributed in no small manner to the nat’l pride
these youths give to us ! i say to them,, stay the course ,, for ur labours today will bear fruits tomorrow ,, and to all those who in one way or another contributed to the successes of our future “developers” ! not for a selected few ,, but for all of our “DEAR LAND of GUYANA”,,,, i extend to u ,, THANKS ! in heaps,,,,,
once again ,, my wish,, — with my robust and heartiest congratrulations on ur achievements — is for all of u to stay the course ,, with the same or even more focus……..
Congrats to these kids, their parents, teachers and all those who have helped in their success. It’s news like this which I like to read.
Another major hit for Essequibo.
For too long there has been the misconception that the best CSEC students only emanate from Q.C, P.C and the Demerarian schools.
No more flocking of Georgetown schools by our rural folk. They are equally competent just where they are, and it is good that the rest of the world can see.
…. my heartiest CONGRATULATIONS,,,, to the students mentioned here and to all the others who were successful as a result of their dedication and dilligence,, the evidence from which you now have,, i suspect that combined with ur personal efforts ,, parental guidance was an equal factor ,, they too must be acknowledged,, so too must all others who in some way have knowingly or otherwise contributed to their successes ,, and last but not least to have my final THANKS,, the ” TEACHERS ” from abc to QC and elsewhere……..
Congratulations to to all our students who were successful at these exams, and the “Biggest Praises” to our top students in particular.
You guys have made all Guyana proud, and we look forward to much success in your future endeavors.
CONGRATULATIONS to the students !
Well done !
It amazing to know that amongst the chaos , they’re still young people who’re putting their hands to the plow and not turning back .
Keep working hard and smart now, you’ll be able to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labour later !
Way to go Guys !!!
Congratulations to all of you on a job well done.
16 subjects at the CXC level is unnecessary and a waste of yall time (But I guess people are willing to do anything for some publicity).
The fact that people can pursue 16 subjects at these exams make me wonder about the quality of these exams—Are they just smarter than students of the 90’s and early 2000 or are the exam is so easy that studying and preparation is unnecessary, or Guyana just have great facilities and a surplus of teachers who are well paid and trained?
Well, well
I wonder why you want to rain on the folks parade, huh?
Though you might have a point, why not find another time and forum to do so? Perhaps, SN’s letter’s page where you can offer up some meaningful and constructive solutions on the way forward
i think that your comments are rather foolish and senseless
this is not a time to critique but a time for praise.
give respect where respect is due.
for all that is happening in GT right now it is quite pleasing to see that we have a bunch of young people keeping focus and doing the task appointed to them by their teachers and parents.
i guess if they were doing something negative then a silly comment would have followed by yourself( i wonder)
for all the castigation that persons of guyanese citizenship go through in the region and further afield i salute the for a job well done
Although I’m a bit confused with this new alphabet soup of Caribbean exams, during my stint as a student we had nothing like this, nevertheless, Big Up and CONGRATS to all students and teachers involved along with their families.
Way to go in keeping the tradition of academic excellence alive and well in Guyana. At the moment, it appears that education is the only constant that makes sense in Guyana.
It’s nice to know that academic education is still taken seriously in Guyana.
Congratulations!