By Abigail Semple, Frances Abraham and Roxanne Clarke
Queen’s College student Anuradha Dev and New Amsterdam Multilateral student Shalita Appadu each gained 15 Grade One passes to share the top spot at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Education Minister Shaik Baksh, who announced the results at a news conference yesterday, said the country has done exceedingly well at this year’s examinations, with an overall 64.4% of candidates obtaining passes between Grade One and Three, and 84.6% obtaining passes between Grades One and Four.
But with a slide in the pass rate for Mathematics, which
