Three students tie for top spot at NGSA

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Gladford Archer of Leonora Primary, Ritisha Gobin of Academy of Excellence and  New Guyana School’s Ayana Jagandan are this year’s top National Grade Six Assessment performers. They scored 506.7 out of  507, the highest marks that could have been achieved.
Gladford Archer of Leonora Primary, Ritisha Gobin of Academy of Excellence and  New Guyana School’s Ayana Jagandan are this year’s top National Grade Six Assessment performers. They scored 506.7 out of  507, the highest marks that could have been achieved.

By Deneita Fredericks and Mia Anthony

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced the results for the 2023 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA and this year three students tied as the top performers scoring 506.7 out of 507.7; Anaya Jagnandan of the New Guyana School, Ritisha Gobin of Academy of Excellence, and Glasford Archer of Leonora Primary School, earning them a coveted place at Queen’s College.

Stabroek News spoke with the top students at the New Pegasus Suites, Exhibition Centre in Georgetown.

Anaya Jagnandan

Contented and excited were two of the words that could be used to describe 11-year-old Anaya when she received news that she was one of the top performers in the country. Anaya, who hails from Good Hope, expressed her overwhelming joy with having been able to make all the persons who invested in her proud.

“I am very happy and proud of myself, I prayed a lot to God… I prayed that he would help me study, I would do quizzes and sometimes watch programmes online to help me build my skills”