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Only 51 children qualified for President’s College — Board Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Directors of President’s College, David De Groot, yesterday said that only 51 students qualified to enter the college based on requirements.
De Groot told Kaieteur News that a further 50 applicants are being considered at the moment as the issue is a matter of space.
A section of the school compound.
He said that the Ministry of Education determines what the cut off point is for institution and a final decision is yet to be made.
Kaieteur News reported yesterday that more than 210 students have been processed into the first form batch at President’s College for the new school year beginning September.
This is twice the number that the school can hold in the first form.
However, a source confirmed that children with as little as 480 marks were admitted to the institution.
According to the source, two lists were submitted from Berbice, including students from both Regions Five and Six.
On that list about 70 children with 497 marks and more were accepted at the school.
The Region Four list consisted of about 50 children with 485 marks and more.
The hinterland list showed that about 50 children, some of whom had below 400, were accepted into the institution.
Another 50 children, the source confirmed, were accepted based on the accepted marks for qualification into the college.
However, Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, told this newspaper that the figure is ‘totally incorrect.’
In April last, this newspaper reported that about 30 persons on the auxiliary staff of Presidents College were slated to be transferred from the institution to the Ministry of Education in Georgetown, while others are expected to be asked to retire, due to their age.
Kaieteur News was told that the board of the college made the decision to cut costs at the institution, as the money from central government is not enough to maintain the school and the staff.
Later, a special task force was established at the instructions of Education Minister to investigate the happenings at the College and also to make recommendations to transfer more auxiliary staff and to ask some to retire.
This newspaper had reported that a finance committee meeting was held at President’s College on January 15, last, where the committee examined the recommendations of the task force to cut costs at the college.
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