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First Lady meets with CSEC top performer
First Lady, Sandra Granger on Friday received a courtesy call by Guyana’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) top performer, Fatima Karim and her mother, Khadijah Karim, at the Office of the First Lady,
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, converses with CSEC Top Performer, Ms. Fatima Karim and her mother, Mrs. Khadijah Karim during a courtesy call paid to the First Lady at her office at State House.
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The First Lady said that she was happy to meet with Karim and was also excited to hear, not only of her achievements at this year’s CSEC examinations, but of her aspirations in petroleum engineering, in light of Guyana’s future in the oil and gas sector.
”I was very excited to learn that that was her interest, because she is not only entering a field that is new to Guyana but as a female, she is entering a field in which women have not really taken part so I congratulated her on it,” Mrs. Granger said.
The First Lady added that she knows that while there may be challenges that will come, she is certain that the CSEC top performer will bring her own skills and perspective to the work.
She encouraged Karim to not only focus on her academics, but also on enjoying life. “[She should] have fun with it and remember that life is more than just work. I wish her all the success and I hope she does great things,” the First Lady said in a release from the Ministry of the Presidency.
The St. Rose’s High School student received much public attention after topping the country with 19 Grade Ones and One Grade Two at the CSEC Examinations. She said that she felt proud that she was able to achieve such results, explaining that it called for her to balance her academic pursuits with her co-curricular activities.
”It’s about knowing yourself; knowing how much you needed to study. I knew I had to study at least once a week for each subject, so I can still talk with my friends and do other things,” she said.
Offering words of encouragement to other students, Karim said that as they aspire to their academic heights, the key is to believe that they can do it. She cited the words of another one of her role models, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who said, “Let us make our future now and make our dreams tomorrow’s reality”.
She said that these words help to motivate her, and in turn, she wishes to motivate students that if they believe that they can achieve a certain goal, then they should strive to do so at all costs.
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