With Essequibo girl Zimeena Rasheed scoring an astounding 20 CSEC subjects, the Ministry of Education yesterday celebrated a marginal improvement in the number of Grades 1 to 3 passes but results for English A and Mathematics remain unsatisfactory.
Rasheed, from the Anna Regina Multilateral School secured 18 Grade 1s and two Grade 2s but despite the better individual performances and the public expenditure on the education system, the overall number of Grades 1 to 3 passes moved a smidgeon from 58.69% last year to 59.31%. There was no breakdown of the passes in this category between the public and private schools.
Queen’s College is the top school this year but Rasheed’s school also produced good results and the holder of the second spot,
