Sarah Fernandes, a 14-year-old fourth form student of the North West Secondary School, Region One is the winner of the national level Caribbean Organisation for Tax Administrators (COTA) 5th Essay Competition 2017.
According to a release yesterday from the Guyana Revenue Authority, Fernandes’ essay on the topic “If I were the head of my country’s Tax Administra-tion, what would I do to increase tax revenues to fund the Govern-ment’s development program-mes?” was impressive enough to earn her 98 out of 100 marks.
She, along with twenty-five other students from schools across the country and their Caribbean counterparts, vied for the top honours after the competition was launched in March 2017. Participating schools were required to submit three essays (800-1000 words) on the abovementioned topic.
The release said that submissions were
