Guyanese girl tops CSEC

-QC wins school of the year award

The following CXC press release was issued today

Queen’s College Guyana Tops CSEC Again

A student from Queen’s College in Guyana is once again the Most Outstanding Candidate in the region in the May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Elisa Hamilton leads a trio of Queen’s College top performers as the 2014 Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in the region. Elisa wins the award with acceptable grades in 20 subjects; She achieved Grade I in 19 subjects: Agricultural Science (DA), Biology, Chemistry, English A, English B, Food and Nutrition, French, Geography, Home Economics Management, Information Technology, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Physics, Principles of Business, Social Studies, Spanish, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, Physical Education and Sport, Human and Social Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Technology, and Grade II in Religious Education.

Another student from Queen’s College, Aliyyah Abdul Kadir is the winner of the award for the Most Outstanding Candidate in Humanities. Aliyyah offered 15 subjects and achieved Grade I in 15 subjects – Agricultural Science (DA), Caribbean History, Economics, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, English A, English B, French, Geography, Human and Social Biology, Information Technology, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Religious Education, Social Studies, and Spanish.

Elisa Hamilton
Elisa Hamilton

Ryhan Chand, also Queen’s College, Guyana, takes Business Studies award. Ryhan achieved Grade I in 13 subjects – Economics, English A, English B, Information Technology, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Office Administration, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, and Physical Education and Sport, and Grade II Religious Education and Social Studies.

 

Kishan Crichlow of New Amsterdam Multilateral School also in Guyana receives the award for the Most Outstanding Candidate in Technical Vocational subjects. Kishan achieved Grade I in seven subjects, Grade II in three subjects and Grade III in two subjects. He achieved Grade I in Chemistry, Information Technology, Mathematics, Technical Drawing, Building Technology (Construction), Electrical and Electronic Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology; Grade II in English B, Physics and Social Studies; and Grade III in Chemistry and Geography,

 

Nile Anderson of Mannings School, Jamaica wins the award for the Most Outstanding Candidate in Sciences. Nile achieved Grade I in 13 subjects – Additional Mathematics, Agricultural Science (SA), Biology, Chemistry, English A, Information Technology, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Office Administration, Physics, Principles of Accounts, Spanish, Electronic Document Preparation and Management; and Grade II in three subjects – Economics, English B, and Geography.

Three students from Trinidad and Tobago are the winners of the Best Short Story and Best 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional Work in Visual Arts respectively. Kristan Mohammed of Tunapuna Secondary School wins the Best Short Story award. Kristan’s story was based on a photograph depicting an abandoned building in a wooded area.

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Shivana Sookdeo of Naparima Girls’ High School gets the 2-Dimensional Visual Arts award with a piece entitled “The Enchanted River” from the Graphic Communication Design Expressive Form; and Nneka Toni Jones of Bishop Anstey High School is the recipient of the award for the Best 3-Dimensional Visual Arts. Toni’s work is from the Sculpture and Ceramics Expressive Form and is entitled “The Vendor”.

 

The awardees will be presented with their prizes on Thursday 4 December at an awards ceremony slated for Jamaica. The CSEC awardees will receive an offer of a full scholarship from The University of the West Indies, monitory prizes, plaques and books as part of the prize package.

 

Queen’s College, Guyana will receive the CSEC School of the Year award for producing the Most Outstanding Candidate in the 2014 examination.