Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College is more than deserving of the Dennis Irvine Award

Sep 08, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

Guyana now commands the pole positions of the CSEC and CAPE. It was not always this way. Since the inception of the CXC awards in 2008, Guyana has dominated the top CSEC award. But despite the outstanding performance of our students, the top regional CAPE Award remained elusive.

The glass ceiling, however, was shattered in 2015 when Cecil Cox of Queen’s College became the first Guyanese to secure the coveted Dennis Irvine Award as top regional performer at the CAPE, and in the process became the first person in the Caribbean to win regional awards at both CSEC and CAPE. Since then, a procession of Guyanese students has won the Dennis Irvine Award: Aadilah Ali (2018), Michael Bhopaul (2019), Zane Ramotar (2020) and Samuel Haynes (2021).

The phenomenal performance this year of Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College is more than deserving of the Dennis Irvine Award. He has passed a total of 24 CAPE units in his two years writing the CAPE examinations.

His Grade 3 pass in Caribbean Studies presents some problems since a Grade 1 in this subject is mandatory for the Dennis Irvine Award. Bhedesh Persaud therefore should be advised to appeal his Grade 3 in Caribbean Studies. It would be unfortunate if this outstanding scholar is deprived of the podium position because of this specific criterion set by the CXC.

Concerned Guyanese

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