Four Guyanese students return with regional CSEC awards

cxc-logo-525Georgetown: Four Guyanese students will bring home four of eight regional awards that will be handed out today by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). And Cabinet has congratulated the four Guyanese students who performed exceptionally well at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

The Council will present the students with their awards at a ceremony to be held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona Campus, Jamaica, today.

The four students are: Elisa Hamilton, Queen’s College, who copped the award for Overall Outstanding Achievement; Aliyyah Abdul Kadir, Queen’s College, who stood out as the Most Outstanding in Humanities; Ryhan Chand, Queen’s College, who will be recognised as the Most Outstanding in Business Studies; and Kishan Crichlow, New Amsterdam Multilateral School, who copped the spot as Most Outstanding in Technical Vocational.

Last year Guyana won five of the eight awards offered. The winners from Guyana were: Yogeeta Persaud – Anna Regina Secondary School, Overall Outstanding Achievement; Rafena Mustapha – Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Most Outstanding in Humanities; Cecil Cox – Queen’s College, Most Outstanding in Sciences; Sasha S Woodroffe – Queen’s College, Most Outstanding in Business Studies; and Zimeena A Rasheed – Anna Regina Secondary School, Most Outstanding in Technical Vocational.