Guyana produces top 10 candidates in multiple CSEC, CAPE subject areas

Nov 14, 2014 News

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A number of Guyanese students who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) May/June examinations have copped places among the Caribbean’s top ten candidates for twenty-six subject areas.
With pride, the Ministry of Education (MOE) yesterday announced that the nation has once again placed among the top 10 best performing candidates in the Caribbean Region in a number of the Caribbean Examinations  Council (CXC) subject areas.
The Ministry disclosed that the students excelled in 16 subject areas at CSEC while at CAPE candidates outperformed the Region in 9 Units. Additionally, for CSEC, Guyana has already secured four of the eight top regional awards offered by the CXC this year.
Among the schools at which the students excelled included the Tagore High School in Berbice; Hope Secondary School at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD); Essequibo Islands Secondary School; North West Secondary School in Mabaruma, Region 1; Zeeburg Secondary School in Region 3; President’s College on the ECD; Mackenzie High in Linden; Annandale Secondary School on the ECD; Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) Secondary School at Cornelia Ida as well as Queen’s College and St. Roses High in Georgetown.
Coming at the top of CSEC’s list for Office Administration was Queen’s College’s Saskia Khalil. QC’s Sasha Woodroffe copped the top spot in CAPE Economics Unit One with Jealisha Leung, of Bishops’ High School, similarly outperforming regional standouts in CAPE’s Law Unit 2.
Guyana also returned with second best performers in Building Technology (Woods), Home Economics Management and Integrated Science. Those places were taken by Elvyn Singh of Annandale Secondary, QC’s Nathifa Williams, Tagore High’s Arleena Budhram and QC’s Jenelle Geness.
Yugeshwar Dindiall of Hope Secondary and Joshua Shivdayal of Annandale Secondary took third places in Agricultural Science (Single Award) and Mechanical Engineering Technology respectively. Third place in Office Administration saw a tie between Thavita Persaud of Essequibo Islands Secondary and QC’s Samathra Rocke.
Nathan Indarsingh of QC was the only student who gained third place for his performance in Geography Unit 2.
The region also saw outstanding performance in CSEC by Guyanese students, Khary Boyer of North West Secondary and Britney Chin of QC, who placed fourth in Agricultural Science (Single Award) and Human and Social Biology respectively.
Kaydina Gir and Bhawani Ramdeo, of SVN tied for fourth in Integrated Science while Zeeburg Secondary’s Farahnaz Hosain placed same in Principles of Accounts.
CAPE fourth place performances in Digital Media Unit 1 and Law Unit were taken by QC’s Cecil Cox and St. Rose’s High’s Cicelia Corbin respectively.
Fifth positions in CSEC’s Agricultural Science (Single Award) and Religious Education were copped by Naeem Amir of Hope Secondary and Ibrahim Khan of ISA Islamic respectively. Meanwhile, for CAPE, Geography (Unit 2) and Law (Unit 1) students, QC’s Andy Sattan and Adult Education Association’s Nadia Gomes came fifth.
Sixth positions in Biology and Social Studies were awarded to QC’s Larissa Wiltshire and Aliyyah Abdul Kadir respectively. Farahnaz Hosain of Zeeburg Secondary also placed sixth in Economics.
Sasha Woodroffe, who had claimed CXC’s Most Outstanding in Business Studies award last year, returned to claim sixth place in both Applied Mathematics (Unit 1) and Information Technology (Unit 1). Another outstanding performance in Law came from Bishops’ High whose Kristal Abrams came sixth in the Unit 2 exams.
Seventh place for the Agricultural Science (Double Award) was attained by Juanita Angelica Jordan from St. Joseph’s High. Ravindra Harripersaud and Kamesh Seepersaud, both of Annandale Secondary, tied for seventh place in Building Technology (Woods).
QC’s Isaiah Hope and ISA Islamic’s Saahirah Khan came seventh in Office Administration and Religious Education respectively. The Caribbean’s top CSEC performer, Elisa Hamilton of QC, was recognized as the seventh best regional performer in Social Studies.
Benedict Sukra, named a top performer last year, returned this year with seventh place in Applied Mathematics (Unit 1) and Bishops’ girl, Shauna Hetemeyer, placed seventh in Law (Unit 1).
Eighth place in Principles of Business was given to Nandanie Dath of President’s College and Central High’s Abigail Semple and QC’s Ajay Chowti tied for eighth position in Social Studies. Similarly, Prashant Shivas, of QC, took eighth place in Applied Mathematics (Unit 2).
Students from Mackenzie High, President’s College (PC) and IDCE Linden tied for ninth in Electronic Document Preparation Management (EDPM). Those achievers were Akeisia Edwards, O’Dacia Hill and Lucredia Gray respectively.
QC’s Elisa Hamilton also attained ninth place in the Caribbean in Home Economics Management. Ninth place in Human and Social Biology, Office Administration and Religious Education went to QC’s Jenelle Geness, PC’s Nandanie Dath and Sakeena Khan of ISA Islamic.
QC students Sayyid Rajab and Safiya Victorine were both recognized as ninth place performers in Applied Mathematics (Unit 1) while Bishops’ girl Tamasha Maraj placed similarly in Economics (Unit 2).
Tenth places in Building Technology (Woods) and Food and Nutrition were given to Akash Ramesh of Annandale Secondary and Keziah Ali of QC respectively.
QC’s students, Andy Sattan and Renard Jacobis, were respectively awarded tenth best performances in Applied Mathematics (Unit 2) and Digital Media (Unit 1).
The Ministry extended best wishes to the candidates on the “spectacular achievements and hopes that their resolve, hard work, and abilities continue to propel them to greater heights.”

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