‘Success’ boy tops Grade Six

Shreya Persaud

Success Elementary student Solomon Cherai has been named the top student at this year’s National Grade Six Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

Cherai scored 530 out of a possible 535 marks, just one mark more than schoolmate Shania Eastman, who was the second best performer of the 15,220 students who did the assessment this year.

“I revised hard and late at nights and I feel very happy with my results,” Cherai told Stabroek News yesterday. “I always wanted to go to QC [Queen’s College] because of the outstanding results they come out with at CAPE and CSEC,” he added, while pledging to continue to