by Karishma Matthew,
Government Information Service
 Denzel Guye
Valedictorian of the 2011 graduating class of the St Mary’s Academy, Denzel Guye, is the top student of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examinations.
Guye obtained ten ones and one two at the May / June 2011 examinations.
The results of those exams were released on Wednesday. Other top performers included Jeanelle Brisbane of the Convent High School, Jasmine Vidal of the Isaiah Thomas Secondary School and Isaac Alfred of the Castle Bruce Secondary School with ten ones and Simone Green and Sianessa George of the Convent High School with nine ones and one two.
Chief Education Officer, Stephenson Hyacinth, gave an analysis of the 2011 results.
 Chief Education Officer,
Stephenson Hyacinth
“The overall percentage pass rate of students achieving grades one, two and three which are the acceptable grades in the CSEC examinations is 74.6% as compared to 76.4% last year and 73.8% in 2009. The results show a slight increase in the number of students who obtained grade one passes; increased from 14% last year to 16% this year. There is a small decrease in the number of grade two passes from 31% last year to 29% this year. Of noteworthy interest is that for the first time, four (4) students from four secondary schools namely the St. Mary’s Academy, Convent High School, Isaiah Thomas Secondary and the Castle Bruce Secondary school attained ten grade ones in the examinations.”
The Convent High School which entered students in eighteen subjects attained an overall pass rate of 96.8%. Other top performers were:
- St. Mary’s Academy which entered students in seventeen (17) subjects recorded a pass rate of 91.8%
- Wesley High School which entered students in fifteen (15) subjects recorded a pass rate of 82.8%
- The Seventh Day Adventist which entered students in eighteen (18) subjects recorded a pass rate of 81.9%.
Two small schools which entered small numbers attained above 80% pass rate. These are the Nehemiah Comprehensive School which entered five students and obtained a 92.9% pass rate and the Orion Academy which entered twelve (12) students and recorded a pass rate of 82.8%. |
