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Region 2 dominates essay writing competition
Over 14 standout, Ashminie Debisa Narine, of Zeeburg Secondary accepts her reward from Minister Fox.
Anna Regina Multilateral’s Zimeena Rasheed collects the first prize in the 12-14 category from GUYAID representative Bernice Mansell
The Ministry of Education in collaboration with Guyanese Assisting in Development (GUYAID) presented nine students with their prizes for the annual essay writing competition, an initiative of GUYAID.
The competition had three categories: Under 12 students had to write an essay on the topic, ‘An open letter to the Minister of Education highlighting facilities needed in schools,’ while students 12-14 had to write on the topic ‘Cell phones are a necessity in today’s world’ and the over 14 category were required to produce an essay based on the topic, ‘The future of secondary schools in this of Technological advancements.’
In the under 12 category, the first place winner, Lorenzo Jacobis of the St. Anthony’s Primary in Region 2 walked away with $20,000 and a gift certificate to purchase books at Austin’s Book Store, while runner-up, Arlene Andries of Mackenzie High, Region 10, won $15,000 and third placed, Shontae Duke, also of Mackenzie High, won $10,000.
Dominating the over 12 category were all students from Region 2. These included Zimeena Rasheed, Thaneshwar Roopran and Sherifa Valenzuela, who were positioned in that order. The three students are all from the Anna Regina Multilateral.
Meanwhile, in the over 14 category, winners included Ashminie Debisa Narine from Zeeburg Secondary, Region 3, Helwinn Cameron from Mackenzie Secondary, Region 10 and Annelie DeCamp from Tree Miles Secondary, Region 7.
At the annual prize giving ceremony which was held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Chief Judge Lorraine Meertins told the gathering that the winning essays were all well written and provided interesting reading, as most of them demonstrated efforts of the amount of time spent on research.
She explained that many of the non-winners did not focus on the topics, while others did not present their ideas sequentially.
The Chief Judge also lamented the lack of participation by schools in Georgetown and urged for this to be changed next year.
“We are aiming to improve our literacy and we must take part in events like this.”
Minister within the Ministry of Education, Dr. Desrey Fox told the gathering that the Ministry cannot promote literacy alone and as such commended GUYAID for their assistance in the project.
GUYAID is a charitable, non – profit organization in Washington. For the past 21 years, the entityn has supported needy children, senior and victims of natural disasters in Guyana, the Caribbean and the United States.
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