The Education Ministry in association with Hodder Education out of the United Kingdom hosted its second Primary School Teachers’ Jeopardy Competition at the Pegasus on Tuesday and defending champions Region Four was dethroned by Region 10.
The winning team from Region 10
Prior to the actual competition, Hodder Education representative Teeka Chunilall said that they were proud to partner with the Ministry to host the competition. He noted that Hodder was one of the largest publishers in the world.
Meanwhile, National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD) Director Jennifer Cumberbatch called for greater collaboration between students and teachers in the form of introducing more games, as a learning activity, in the classroom. She urged the teachers present to use the competition as a reference for organising activities that are more exciting so they could capture the attention of the students.
Competition
The second annual Primary School Teachers’ Jeopardy Competition saw an overconfident Georgetown team being destroyed by the calm team out of Region 10 in the final jeopardy round.
Teams from Regions One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, 10 and Georgetown took part in this year’s competition. The Primary School Teachers’ Jeopardy Competition started in 2016 when the Education Ministry teamed up with Hodder Education. The eight teams of three members each were subjected to a preliminary round with the teams with the top three scores advancing to the final round.
Region One was represented by Jocelyn Albert, Ingrid Harris and Althea Forde; Region Two by Yasmin Katim, Martin Samaroo and Dhaneshwari Indranie; Region Three by Chevon Washington and Rakesh Ramsamuj; Region Four by Pravina St Davis, Melinna Matthews and Shamiyah Shawh; Region Five by Verla Alfred, Felicia Booker and Valencia La Rose; Region Six by Nisha Deroop, Roger Wilson and Pamela Mootoo; Region 10 by Cehryl Wills, Fernand McCloud and Pamela Cummings; and Georgetown represented by Wendy Johnson, Kitindi Austin and Winston Noel.
At the end of the preliminary round, Georgetown had 2600 points, Region 10 had 1900 and defending champions Region Four 2800 points. The Region 10 team then took over the lead.
The final Jeopardy category was Education Month with the question being the theme for Education Month 2016 – requiring the contestants to write the complete theme.
At this juncture, Region 10 had 7900 points while Georgetown had 6900 and Region 4 4400. They wagered 900, 6900 and 4000 points respectively. Then came the decisive moment with none of the teams getting the correct answer, which was “Each Child Matters: Stakeholders Unite for the Enhancement of Education”.
This resulted in Region Four being dethroned and Georgetown walking away with no points.
All participants of the competition were awarded small tokens and a certificate of participation.
