Yesterday, the Ministry of Education held its annual Attendance and Punctuality Award Ceremony at the St. Joseph’s High School.
The Ministry in a release said that in an effort to highlight the importance of punctuality and regular attendance at school it presented awards to 3,543 students from 72 schools in Georgetown. There are 91 schools in the city, however only 72 schools have recorded more than a 95% in the attendance rates for the 2015/2016 academic year.
In addition to individual students who have excellent attendance records, the release said that the South Road Nursery, Winfer Gardens Primary, and the Bishops’ High School were awarded for achieving the highest overall attendance record for the 2015/2016 academic year.
