Sixteen-year-old Lisa Maria Thakurdin travelled every day from Pomeroon to attend school at the Anna Regina Multilateral School and sometimes after only sleeping for two hours.
An aspiring economist, Thakurdin’s work paid off as she secured 13 grade ones and two grade two passes, which may make her the best performing hinterland student at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certifi-cate (CSEC) examinations and just one of the school’s many success stories.
In addition to producing the top two students overall at this year’s examinations, Zimeena Rasheed,
