Students who excelled at the various examinations during 2016 were on Friday honoured for exemplary performances at the National Cultural Centre.
Over 40 students who excelled at this year’s National Grand Six Assessment (NGSA), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), were awarded for outstanding performances.
The 2016 top performers on Friday were honoured for exemplarity performances
Themed, “Each Child Matters: Stakeholders Unite for the Enhancement of Education”, the event saw the achievements of the awardees being recognised.
Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo referred to the awardees as ‘Stars of the new generation’.
“When you look up to the sky, you see many stars but the brightest always stands out so you all should strive to be like that brightest star; stars of the new generation,” he encouraged.
He noted that the top students are to become exemplars; the ones that others would strive to be like.
“Today therefore is a day of celebration, a day of accomplishment, for those who have stood out for those that are being recognised today, you are the exemplars.”
Best performers named at this year’s NGSA were Anthony Ferreira of Mae’s Secondary School, Aryan Singh of Dharmic Rama Krishna, Serena Razak of Graham’s Hall Primary and Chelsea Barnes of Success Elementary.
Ramkumarie Ramdass and Kimberley Najab of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Joshua Indarjit of Skeldon Line Path Secondary and Kevall Lall of Anna Regina Secondary were all awarded the best Junior Secondary performers while Fatima Karim of St Roses High, Kayshav Tewari, Aadilah Ali and Sariah Singh all of Queen’s College were awarded the best Senior Performers at this year’s CXC.
At the CAPE examinations, Deenauth Mohabeer, Carissa Kissoon, Joash Gobin, Larissa Wiltshire and Shannon Woodroffe of Queen’s College and Ashley Anthony of St Roses High were awarded with the best performance prize.
The Carnegie School of Home Economics was also recognised with Nikeita Allicock and Shaunell Wilson being awarded the best Craft Production and Designs students.
The most improved Junior School went to Bush Lot Secondary, while the most improved Senior School was copped by Mackenzie High. Hirannie Persuad of the Anna Regina centre copped the best graduating award from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE). The Desrey Fox Scholarship award went to Lennox Hernandez of the North West Secondary, while Presidential Scholarship awards went to Larissa Wiltshire, Sarah Hack, Kayshav Tewari and Fatima Karim.
