The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) yesterday held its Regional Top Awards Ceremony for outstanding performances in the May – June 2022 CXC Examination Session, a release from the Ministry of Education stated.
The Awards honoured outstanding students and schools at both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) level and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level. The release listed the following awardees.
Uotam Heeralall of the Anna Regina Secondary School received the Most Outstanding Overall performer at the CSEC level. His award was presented by Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand. Heeralall also received the award for the Most Outstanding student in Technical and Vocational Education. That award was presented by Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical), Dr Ritesh Tularam.
Atista Seenarine of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School received the Most Outstanding Overall student award for CAPE. Her award was handed over by Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain. Seenarine also received the award for the Most Out-standing student in Natural Science at CAPE. The Executive Director of the National Accreditation Council, Dr Marcel Hutson, presented this award.
Saskia Twahir of Queen’s College received the award for Most Out-standing in Business at the CSEC level and she received her award from the Permanent Secretary, Alfred King. Twahir also received the award for being Most Outstanding in Humanities at CSEC. That award was presented by Chief Planning Officer, Nicola Johnson.
Sheridan Dyal, also of Queen’s College, received the award for Most Out-standing in Sciences at CSEC. It was presented by Deputy Chief Education Officer (Inspectorate), Sadiek Ishmael.
The headteacher of the Anna Regina Secondary School, Lalljeet Ruplall, received the award for his school which was declared the top CSEC school of the year. He received this award from the Director of School Boards, Deonarine Hardat.
The top CAPE school of the year award went to the Saraswati Vidya Niketan School. The principal of the Cyril Potter College of Education, Noella Joseph, presented this award to the Regional Education Officer, Akbar Chindu, who received it on behalf of the school.
