Chase Academy boasts excellent CSEC performances

Sep 04, 2017 News

– Records 100 percent passes in Math

Henry Chase, the principal of Chase’s Academy is quite satisfied with the performance of his students who wrote this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam.
Chase told Kaieteur News that the school entered students from forms two, three and four to write CSEC early.
The subjects offered at the CSEC Examination were English Language, Mathematics, Principles of Accounts and Social Studies. There were 95 percent passes in English A, 100 percent passes in Mathematics, 90 percent passes in Principles of Accounts and 85 passes in Social Studies.
Chase indicated that Form two student Shania Culpepper wrote English A and secured a Grade Two, while third form students Adalia Culpepper, Marissa Morrison and Jania Gomes all secured grade ones in English A. Other form three students obtained grade threes in that subject area.
A fourth former, Shemar Allen secured grade one in English Language as well.
Micah Corlette, also a fourth form student, wrote Mathematics and English, and secured grades two and one respectively. Shanice Liverpool was also singled out by Mr. Chase for achieving a grade one in English Language.
Another fourth form student, Tanisha Cole, achieved two grades two, in English Language and Principle of Accounts.
Several fifth formers wrote the exam and secured passes, from grade one to three.
Chase told Kaieteur News of his belief that, “when students are exposed early to English A at CSEC, it helps to improve their level of comprehension and this will add value to the child’s performance in school and produce confidence in their school work”.
“At Chases Academy we believe that children should have a balanced education, which involves academic work along with sports and physical activities. We need to start preparing our children for the modern world and we are showing the Guyanese public that Education and sports can work together for the benefit of children and the society in general.”

1 thoughts on “Chase Academy boasts excellent CSEC performances”

Dr Nat Khublall September 4, 2017 at 6:06 am

The remarkable achievements of students today shows down students some decades ago. I was a student in the late 1950s and the early 1960s when I struggled to achieve 6 GCE subjects, including English and Maths studying mainly on my own. Nevertheless, I did better than many students attending high school for 4 years. Today students are achieving so many subjects in very high grades in many schools. In the article above, the pass rate was 100% in maths for the Chase School in particular. Perhaps, the school has an excellent system in teaching which is responsible for this 100% attainment. In England, over the past decade or so there has been grade inflation and in general students likewise usually pass many subjects with high grades in their GCSE (general certificate in secondary education). Only the top three grades are equivalent to the former GCE pass. In the last few days it has been reported in the Evening Standard that the ethnic minorities (particularly in London) perform better than white children. Taking this into account, is it a reflection in Guyana where students perform far better now than in the past? A few weeks ago in London two Indian boys (aged 12 and 13) won the top prizes. There was a comment that their IQ was higher than the IQ of two luminaries, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
I wish to congratulate Guyanese students for their remarkable achievements which is generally better than the overall achievements in the UK. But in the final analysis can high achievements in Guyana be translated into a good all-round education?

I remember discussing this very point with the Prime Minister (PM) of Singapore in 1996 when he invited me to one of his cocktail parties. He inquired how I found my students at the National University of Singapore. I mentioned that many of our graduates, as reported by a UK external examiner, were better than graduates in his university. However, the PM was of the view that Singapore graduates from the top universities in the UK and the US were performing far better in the workplace. My response was that local students main goal was to secure high grades at all levels and that the mindset should be changed. The PM intimated that they were looking into their school system with a view to ensuring that students should develop a broad perspective in their education rather than just concentrating in securing high grades. I agreed with him. Should this be a lesson for Guyana as well?

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