President’s College students honoured for outstanding CXC, CAPE results

President’s College and Guyana’s top CAPE student Shalita Appadu receiving her certificate

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh charged more than 100 students of President’s College who performed well at the 2013 CSEC and CAPE exams to continue to pursue excellence as they have always been considered high achievers.

Speaking at the school’s 23rd annual graduation and 28th anniversary ceremony held on Friday evening on the college tarmac, Singh said the school had performed exceptionally well. This year, PC recorded an 84.5 per cent pass rate at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certifi-cate (CSEC) and 94.7 per cent passes at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) which is a significant improvement when compared to previous years, a report from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

“Today you leave President’s College as fine young citizens of Guyana… [from] a system which government has not