There were NGSA smiles for Berbice

Jul 07, 2019 News

An 11-year-old boy from Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice has made his parents profoundly proud after he excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Pawan Etwaroo standing with his proud parents- 520 marks

Pawan Kumar Etwaroo of Cumberland Primary School gained 520 marks, securing him a spot at one of Guyana’s premier learning institutions, Queen’s College. Tying for the top spot was Chitra Ramdial of Cropper Primary School. She also gained 520 marks. Both Etwaroo and Ramdial were the top performers in Region Six at this year’s examination.
Speaking to him and his parents at their humble abode in Canje, he expressed joy over his feat.
He added that he was actually shocked when he heard the news because he never expected to do that well. He said that he owed his success to his parents, teachers and the Almighty.
“When I heard the news, I felt so happy and proud. The exams were a bit challenging but I knew I could do it.”
Young Etwaroo stated that it was his dedication to his studies that played a major role in his success and advised students who will be sitting the 2020 exams to “study hard, focus on the paper and read the questions properly.”

Chitra Ramdial from Cropper Primary all smiles with her mom, Reshma- 520 marks

The parents of the top student stated that Etwaroo will not be attending Queen’s College but will be looking to attend Berbice High School instead, since it will be more affordable and closer to home.
Although Etwaroo turned out successful, the road to his accomplishment was not as easy as he and his parents would have liked it to be.

Marissa Siriram from Cropper Primary- 514 marks

His father, Anand Kumar Etwaroo, 50, who worked as a fuel attendant at the Rose Hall Estate for 30 years, was among the thousands of workers from the sugar industry in Berbice who were sacked and given severance.
The former estate worker lost his job over a year ago and has been without one since. Although there was a financial difficulty within the home throughout his son’s Grade Six year, it did not deter them from allowing their son the opportunity to have a good education.
According to the wife of the severed worker, Bindomattie Ramdeen, 43, a housewife, “They didn’t take he off on the first set but dem tek he off on the second round and the severance money that he got, we used it to build this small flat house for us.“After that, we just left stranded you know. I was worried that if my son pass to go somewhere far how we will be able to send him because his father not working since dem tek

Vikash Nadesan from Cropper Primary -513 marks

he off.
“He apply to a lot of places but he not getting work, we still hoping that he will get a good job”.
Ramdeen explained that they got by on a day to day basis through the support and assistance from close relatives. Her son’s books he needed for studies were difficult to acquire during his Grade Six year but she said they ensured that he got all that was required by the school.
Etwaroo’s father told Kaieteur News that while he is out job hunting to provide and keep his family afloat, he is hanging on that the estate will be re-opened again and he will be given back his job.
“We will try our best to keep our child in school because we want him to be somebody good in society,” the proud parents said.

Jaeden Conway from School of the Nations- 513 marks

Their son said that he is motivated and determined to be someone respectable in society for his parents because of the struggles they are currently facing.
“I want to do good for them”, he said with a smile.
He hopes to one day become a doctor.
Meanwhile, a visit to the other schools that dished out students that rounded off this year’s Region Six Top Ten saw many smiling faces from the teachers and the students themselves.

Hemesh Bhigroog from Port Mourant Primary School- 513 marks

Cropper Primary School located in Albion Village on the Corentyne, churned out four students in the Region’s Top Ten.
Their top student Chitra Ramdial tied with Pawan Etwaroo for the top spot with 520 marks. The other three students are Gabriella Henry (3rd) with 517 Marks, Marissa Siriram (5th) with 514 marks and Vikash Nadesan (6th) with 513 marks.
Headteacher of the school, Coretta Clark, said she was overjoyed with the results. She lauded the teachers of the school for being “dedicated and for working beyond the call of duty. I am very happy.” Three of the top students’ class teacher, Miss Lisa Denny, who is a first time Grade Six teacher, congratulated her students for a job well done.
Briana Isaacs, from the All Saints Primary School in New Amsterdam gained 516 marks, secured the fifth spot in the top ten.
Jaeden Conway of School of the Nations came in sixth with 513 marks. He tied with Vikash Nadesan from Cropper Primary and Hemesh Bhigroog of Port Mourant Primary School.

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