CSEC passes double in 2009 among remediated students
THE Education Revolution continues to bear fruit.
Evidence of this came in the announcement that the numbers of students gaining five passes or more in the 2009 Caribbean Examinations Council Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CXC CSEC) after remediation had doubled over 2008âs figures.{{more}}
The fact was revealed last Friday, April 16, as the Minisry of Education, in conjunction with telecommunications service provider LIME, honoured the nationâs youth at the 6th national awards ceremony for outstanding academic performance in the 2009 Common Entrance Examinations and the CXC CSEC examinations.
Special commendations came in for the West St George Secondary School, which registered a 59 per cent pass rate among students who did not meet the necessary requirements to attend secondary school but were offered places at that facility.
Lou-Anne Gilchrist, Chief Education Officer (Ag), said that the results after last yearâs examinations were encouraging and that the Ministry is looking forward to good showings from the Thomas Saunders Secondary, the George Stephens Secondary and the Buccament Bay Secondary Schools, which are all entering candidates in this yearâs examination for the first time.
According to Gilchrist, the number of remediated students getting five passes had increased from 8 in 2008 to 13 in 2009.
Those obtaining 6 subjects also increased from 21 in 2009, from 5 in 2008; those getting 7 passes doubled from 7 in 2008 to 14 in 2009, and 3 students got 8 passes showing an increase of 2 over 2008.
And for the first time for a remediated student, Safiya Mc Kenzie, a former student of the Bethel High School, got 9 passes.
Mc Kenzie was awarded the LIME General Managerâs Award for the student with the best results after remediation to add to her âTop Female Performer after Remediationâ award.
Hance John, formerly of the St Josephâs Convent Marriaqua, received the âTop Male Performer after Remediationâ award.
The top award went to Gregory Tuayev-Deane, the 2009 top CSEC performer who copped the âBest National Resultsâ award.
Deane also collected awards for âTop male performerâ, as well as top performer in three subject disciplines.
Other awards went to the Girlsâ High School, which was awarded the âSchool with best CSEC resultsâ, the St Martinsâ Secondary School: âSchool with most improved CSEC resultsâ, and the Mountain View Academy for âSchool with best results after remediationâ. (DD)
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