Queen’s College was yesterday recognised as the top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Carib-bean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) school of the year at the Carib-bean Examinations Council (CXC) 2021 Awards Ceremony
At the British Virgin Islands event, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana carted off nine awards including for most outstanding CSEC and CAPE students, which were won by Zaynab Shaffie and Samuel Haynes, respectively. Both are students of Queen’s College. Because of the achievements of Shaffie and Haynes, Queen’s College was recognised as the CSEC and CAPE School of the Year. This is the eighth consecutive year that the school is receiving this award for one or both examinations.
Shaffie attained 18 Grade One passes in Biology, Chemistry, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, English A, English B, Food and Nutrition and Health Technical, French, Geography, Human and Social Biology, Information Techno-logy, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Office Administration, Physics, Principals of Business, Religious Education, Social Studies, and Spanish. She also got Grade Two passes in Additional Mathematics and Economics. Speaking at the ceremony, the aspiring entrepreneur encouraged other students to continue working hard to accomplish their academic dreams. “Believe in yourself, formulate a plan and work towards it because you’re capable of more than you think.” She also thanked CXC, her family, and her friends for their support, referring to them as her study partners, her teachers, who ensured that the students were prepared and “al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm, whose benevolence I can never express my gratitude for.”
The Dennis Irvine award was won by Haynes for emerging as the overall top CAPE performer. He wrote 16 Units and got Grade One passes in Spanish Unit 1, Caribbean Studies, Communication Studies, Chemistry Unit 2, Biology Units 1 and 2, Environmental Science Units 1 and 2, Pure Mathematics Units 1 and 2, Applied Mathematics Units 1 and 2, Integrated Mathematics, Tourism Unit 1, and Entrepreneurship Unit 1. He got a Grade Two pass in Chemistry Unit 1.
Other awards won by Guyana included that of Top Business Education student, which was won by Essequibo Island Secondary School student, Naresh Jagnanan, with Grade One Passes at Eco-nomics, Office Administration, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Electronic Document and Preparation Management, Caribbean History, English A, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Social Studies and Physical Education and Sports.
CSEC’s Top Humanities award was won by Queen’s College student, Roshni Samaroo, who attained 17 Grade One passes for Information Technology, Carib-bean History, Economics, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, English A, English B, Geography, Human and Social Biology, Information Techno-logy, Integrated Science, Mathematics, Office Administration, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Religious Education, Social Studies and Spanish.
Sarena Razak also of Queen’s College, was awarded for most outstanding performance in Technical Vocational. Razak secured 19 Grade Ones, 2 Grade Twos and a Grade Three. She attained Grade One passes in Additional Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Electronic Document Preparation and Management, English A, English B, Geography, Human and Social Biology, Industrial Technology Building, Industrial Technology Electrical, Industrial Technology Mechanical, Integrated Science, Information Technology, Physical Education and Sport, Physics, Principles of Business, Technical Drawing, Textiles, Clothing, and Fashion Technical; and Grade Twos in Caribbean History and Social Studies. She also attained a Grade Three in French.
Riley Dominique Nurse, another Queen’s College student and Saalih Muhammad Rahim from ISA Islamic School both received the ACCA/CSEC Accounting Award for Principles of Accounts. The ACCA CAPE Accounting Award went to the Crystal Benjamin from the Bishops’ High School. Abdul Subhan from St Stanislaus College was the top History Awardee for CAPE 2021.
When the 2019 CSEC results were announced, Guyana recorded an 88% overall pass rate of grades One to Five at CAPE. It was also announced that Guyana recorded results higher than the regional average in 20 of the 33 subject areas offered by CXC.
