Seventeen-year-old Aryan Doodnauth of Coffee Grove on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two is aspiring to become a chemical engineer with the intention of lifting his family out of poverty.
Doodnauth, who attended Anna Regina Secondary School, attained 17 subjects (14 Grade Ones including 9 distinctions and 3 Grade Twos) at this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
The young man, who has two other siblings, admitted that during his studies he faced many challenges not least of which were financial struggles since both of his parents are unemployed. In fact, he took to rearing livestock to offset some of the costs of his examination fees.