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QC’s Kelly Ann Persaud is CSEC 2010 top local performer
With 15 grade one passes, Queen’s College’s Kelly Ann Persaud has been reportedly recognised as the best performing local Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination candidate for 2010.
Kelly Ann Persaud
A senior Ministry of Education official confirmed this development yesterday, even ascertaining that it is by no means a decision by the Ministry to select the best performing student but rather the responsibility of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).
CXC not only prepares the examination but is tasked with awarding grades and by extension, identify the best performing students.
It was initially anticipated that another Queen’s College student, Saieed Khalil, would have been named the top performing student with his 15 grade one and one grade two passes. However it was related, yesterday, that there are certain criteria that the regional body uses to identify the best performing student. The student who gains passes in the sciences would be rated higher than one in the arts.
It was against this background that this newspaper understands that the 15-year-old Persaud was named the best performing student. She plans to pursue a career in the medical field with a focus on neurosurgery.
Persaud is expected to be duly awarded today when the Ministry of Education hosts its 14th annual National Awards Ceremony at the National Cultural Centre. The ceremony is geared to honour the country’s top performing students who wrote various examinations during the past academic year.
Last year it was Kia Persaud, Kelly Ann’s older sibling, who copped the award for best performing CSEC candidate. She too, a student of Queen’s College, secured 15 grade one passes and was adjudged the Best Senior Secondary School Performer and the Overall Best Performer. She was later adjudged the top performing CSEC student for the Caribbean allowing a QC student to receive the coveted best overall CSEC performance award for a fourth consecutive year.
The local education sector is hopeful that Guyana will again receive the prestigious award.
The awards ceremony today will also see top performers at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced and Subsidiary Levels and the Grade Six and Nine Assessments (Common Entrance) being honoured.
Outstanding students from the Guyana Technical Education Examination in the following categories: Craft, Advanced Craft, Technician Diploma and Science Diploma, Business Certificate, Business Diploma and Science Diploma will be awarded.
Awards will also be presented for the best performers of Carnegie School of Home Economics in the areas of Household Management, Catering and Hospitality and Garment Construction. Tucville Secondary School has earned the title of Most Improved Junior Secondary School.
President’s College will receive top honours for being the Most Improved Senior Secondary School at CSEC while the most Improved Primary School is West Ruimveldt.
Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh is expected to present the feature address today at the ceremony and will give the prize for the Best Science Student, and the Overall Best Student.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds is also expected to be in attendance.
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