The Convent High School (CHS) has topped the 2012 CXC exams in Dominica, while a St. Mary’s Academy (SMA) student received 11 Ones – the first ever recorded on the island
Education ministry sources have said that CHS received an overall average of 94.8.
This is followed by the Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School at 89 and St. Mary’s Academy at 80.3.
Information reaching DNO has also revealed that a Dominican student has received 11 Ones for the first time. This distinction goes to Cornell J Jno Baptiste of SMA.
Other top performing studentts are Leah V Dodds of CHS who got 10 Ones, Malik Stuart of PCSS who got 9 Ones and 1 Two.
Arlene S Ferrol, Jelaine Letang and Zarisia J Alcendor of CHS got 9 Ones and Kitwanie S Carbon of CHS 8 Ones and 3 Twos.
Sources also revealed that there is a slight decrease in Grade One passes in the exams this year from 14 percent to 13 percent.
The Ministry of Education is releasing the results of the 2012 exams this morning.
Dominica News Online will have more information on this story later.
Congratulations to all the hard working students. Way to go!!!CHS is always tops. My high school.
go pcss thats just the start
When God and moral values prevail success will follow, Go CHS Go Congratultions
Convent High School always making me proud…Thats the high school i went to six years ago.
the gov’t schools should allow students to do as many subjects as they can,whether with the school or private. there is a young boy from Anguilla you got 15ones,bye the way his mom is from Dominica and there is another student who got one more than him,another boy!!!! congrats boys this your year to shine.they all these subjects in the islands only high school.
you ppl need to stop that Comven ,SMA and who better than who thingy , it make no scence all of allu drinking the same water,buying fom the same supermarket and living in the same country .Just remember the smart ones has the brains but the wise ones are yet wise ….. bear in mind that you must help each other
As a parent of a high school girl, I can tell you that alot depends on a childs foundation. We normally leave all the work to the teachers and hope the childrent get into a school like the so called “excellent” schools and automatically the child will excel. Excellence starts from preschool…it doesn’t matter where a child goes, if she/he has to do well they will do well. Parents need to take an active role in their child’s life, and it should not start in fifth form. In addition, teenagers need to take responsibility for their future, they have to want it enough to achieve it. Haven’t you all heard of the age old saying “YOU CAN BRING THE COW TO THE WATER, BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE IT DRINK”??
How is it that Nehemiah Secondary has such a high pass rate and yet still it is not high lighted? Congratulations to DSDA and the young man from Grandbay. It is interesting to note that the private church schools like DSDA, Convent, and SMA did so well. God does not sleep.
From what was reported by another news organization, one student wrote the exam from that school. Any school could get a 100 percent pass rate if they sent one student to sit exams.
Congrats to the two students of Grand Bay! Let your accomplishment be your motivation.Thank you U.W.P. for building the secondary school in Grand Bay The people opposed government throughout your term in office but you never neglected them. Now they have been supporting their D.L.P. for over a decade and are the most unlikely people to get any attention from government.The few renowned puppets in Grand Bay that continue to lead the people into this trap,time will put their words to test and their integrity to be verified.
so if one student from grand bay pcss can do so well , why can’t many more especially the young girls. my mesage to them is , to stop focusing on the bling bling and black berry. sex is not expiring either. accept your social status and work hard now to change it some day. don’t let the drug men fool you all with money and bling bling. .
Amen to that!
Congratulations to all the students who did an amazing job. I am so proud of my cousin Zarisia Alcendor and my lil bro Malik Stuart for a job well done. You have made the family and the people of Grand Bay proud. Keep rising because there is no where else to go but up.
what about Grammar School. I heard there are some great results as well.
Well done Dominica SDA secondary school. You are getting closer to number one. To God be the glory.
Such great news. Congratulations.
I support soul puss.There are teachers who leave their work at Pss and teach at SDA part time.So SDA must do better than them.
Where is the Education officer in all of that? It is time to look into this.
The principAL IS TRYING BUT SOME THINGS ARE BEYOND HIM.
We do better because of God. Keep that in mind
Its a time for the MoE to go back to the drawing board for real.Most of the teachers at the private schools do work harder.Some of those at the gov’t schools cant be bothered.They leave school atany time. Some of them leave their school work to teach at other schools part time.Mrs Henderson you need to open your eyes wider on the crap that is happening at PSS.
Where is DGS????????????????????????
you all are the reason why children have to feel low about themselves… to the people talkin about DGS.. dont you know, Convent always accepts the best students? its a private school so its no surprise when they top CXC.. DGS and the other schools accept all students regardless of how well they do at the common entrance.. they get the entire.. bunch! everyone gets a chance at CXC even the ones who seem mentally incapable…. they fail…sometimes its not all their fault but for various health reasons.. so DONT JUDGE THE DGS OR THE OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.. THUMBS UP TO THE TEACHERS WHO DEAL WITH THESE KINDS OF STUDENTS! and big up to the students of the DGS who did great this year! good work though SDA.. n convent.
what site can i get the cxc results plz
what site can i see the results
You can’t I do not see why you should be able to unless you are a student who wrote the CXC exams.
what site can i see the results
Where are the Public Schools to be highlighted, it seem the standard of Education/Learining in the private schools is much higher and much more discipline and controllable. There are two many students in schools like pss, itss, grammar school and the others. Don`t you see the mess that goes on in PSS? Children not Students are out of control not even the prinicple and
Teachers are able to control these Children……..just a quick post
Congrats to the top students and their respective schools. However I’m very dissappointed that government schools like PSS do not allow their students to do as much subjects as they can handle. From next year the students will be limited to sit only 7 subjects at CXC. Talk about stifling the potential of your bright and promising students. Ministry of Education, do something!!
But sometimes we have to ask – does it fit in the school’s schedule? or else why not take the classes privately and ask the school and/or Ministry of Education for permission to use the school as a center for taking these exams? Or have the student take some at the end of fortuh(I do not know with SBAs etc if this is still possible.
I’m so proud of my school – The Dominica Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School. Finally, the wisdom && knowledge that the students have, has come to light~! Yayyyy~!! Congrats to the class of 2012 for this great achievement~!! :D
Congrats to the top performing schools. On the other hand I’m so dissappointed that government schools like PSS are so restricted in the number of subjects the students can do for CXC. From next year the students will be allowed to do only 7 subjects; talk about stifling the potential of your promising students. What is the Ministry of Education doing about that?
omg grammer didnt place! but wat u seein dere na!!!!!
I am seeing these negative comments about CHS coming in and I have to wonder if they are not cases of sour grapes. Who says CHS gets the “best teachers”? There are still many teachers at CHS who came straight from DSC and are only going to be there for a little while. The ‘secret’ behind CHS’ success is that the students pray and work hard, the parents are very involved and are willing to invest in their children’s education, and the teachers are willing to stay till 6:00 p.m for free.
Could not be better said
Well said. I went to Convent and that’s why I can agree.
Congratulations to all those who did well in the CXC exams.
Special congratulaions to the SMA stusdent who broke the record of getting 11 ones. It is said boys are making the girls do better than them but this SMA student has proven male or female can do very good if great effort, hard work and focus on the priority.
God Bless
Way to go DSDASS. We can do it too! God is on our side. An to my alma mater CHS, keep on doing what u do.
Congrats to all those who excelled at the exams especially Malik Stuart and Zarisia Alcendor! You guys have made the Grand Bay community proud! Continue excelling and striving for the best.
wow i feel like they r my children!Thats when i want to hear Grandbay AGAIN!
@ The Truth It’s not only Grandbay students who attend the school,neither is it only Grandbay teachers who teach at the school so what are you talking about?
malik and zarisia well done and may GOD keep you focused. my wish is that those you left behind will take a page from your book and leave bubble city, sewo and bling bling alone. the parents i hope will accept their social status , go to church and pray for their children. i believe grand bay is too dirty with bling bling and children involved in sex. can you imagine a young girl 15yrs is going to attaack her x boyfriend and his girlfriend , when she is supposed to be sleeping for school the following morning. there are so many other sad stories, but i believe there can be a turn around. the parents neet to take their children to GOD and stay there with them.AMEN.
way to go CHS Choral Speech members who topped CSEC this year! “anything worth doing is worth doing well” :):)
Congrats to my CHS sisters, and all other 2012 CSEC participants! I have been down that road and I know its not easy. Just remember to keep praying, working hard, and be humble.
LABOR OMNIA VINCIT!
Congrats to all of you. CHS, SDA Seconndary and SMA – WOW! this is really great and the one who got 11 ones GOOD JOB! Keep it up. Keep on praying and working hard. It pays to do so.
And Grandbay…
OMG!!!!!!!!! SDA!! well done!
good to see boys performing so well at skool, and didnt choose the streets instead.
Congrats all!
with God’s grace 10 years from now I am praying to see my little Jai’s name here to make us all proud.Good Job Students , Congrats!!!
Yes Cornell you nailed it. 11 ones you have made history on the island. Continue to make yourself and your family proud. You are a gem.
Convent and SMA dont operate on even playing fields:
– SMA only accepts students with bursaries and scholarships to register for their 1st form
– Convent selects its top 5th form students in every subject to register with the school for final exams. Average students are asked to register privately for the exams.
Is it any surprise, then?…the CXC statistics??? Hats off to ALL the other schools who measured up to their performance
All schools recommend students for the exams. Even when there was the Clifton duping community college students had to be recommended for A-level exams. And if u are nother recommended u are to sit the exam privately if you choose. So ppl doing exams privately are choosing to do so. This applies to ALL schools.
not all schools recommend for exams for example Castle Bruucs Secondary does not.
You are very misinformed my friend. But rather than correct you, I prefer to let you wallow in your “hater” mentality, and instead use my response to your dumb comment to congratulate the children. That is the very least you could have done.
Disappointed – our level at Convent is highher than that – you have stepped down to the level of Viewpoint.
get your facts straight. You have to fail subjects for both schools not to recommend you for cxc and register privately. both schools also take alot of passes. When i was iin first form, there was a girl in my class who got 4 E’s in GSAT. We just have better teachers and studeant who works hard!!!!
AMEN!
Very good observation. These schools focus on attaining Ones but the overall development of students are ignored. Many students at these schools fall by the wayside. We hear only of those who excel. They care simply about their averages not students on a personal level. However, it is not true that SMA accept only students with scholarships and bursaries for their first forms.
You must be right. That is why Convent girls accomplish so much when they further their education and have careers…. the school must be “ignoring their overall development” indeed! Haterz are gonna hate.
don’t comment if you dont know what you are saying. i am a pass and i was accepted in convent. and my brother was accepted in SMA and his pass was lower than mine
congrats lilly, made me proud, aunty and uncle are proud
Congrats to all students who succeeded in this years exams. 11 ones fantastic.
How did PSS do?
Pss why stifle children and allow them to do 8 subjects while other schools can do 11?
Go back to the drawing board.
What about the other children at Convent? Did everyone recieve Grade 1 and 2? Well that is a bright school with priviledge children.
Did PSS have any student who obtained eight, seven, six or five one? if not how are they going to mange 11 subjects?
Congrats to SDA Secondary School
The fact that CHS topped this year’s results comes as no surprise. The school is given the opportunity to CHOOSE the students it wishes to have, they have the most qualified teachers and takes the biggest bite out of the Ministry of Education & HRD. The question is HOW MUCh VALUE do they ADD to the students they choose. In the absence of a LEVEL playing field, one cannot talk of best school in Dominica.
Nontheless, congratulations are due to those students who excelled!!
HOTEP.
That might be true to an extent. But maybe it’s because many kids who attend Convent and SMA have parents who actually sit down with their kids during the day and support their children in school. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to work with children of Convent High School, SMA or even St Martin Primary you’d notice a big difference in parents involvement for children of those schools than the other schools in Dominica. Their parents will actually show up to meetings and I know from experience that they’re actively involved in what goes on with their kids. Though I do believe that CHS gets the best teachers year after year and that’s definitely not fair. That responsibility falls on the ministry of education and not convent. At this point the school is pretty spoilt and will always expect to get the best teachers because they’re concerned about reputation and keeping standards! They’re well within their right to do so. I strongly believe that the real power behind CHS’s students success are the kids parents. Have you ever taught at one of those public schools in DA? Try to talk to mammy and she won’t even show up to hear what teacher have to say. If they show up is an attitude and talking over you like they know everything.
Some of these kids from primary school couldn’t handle the discipline it takes at CHS to be successful. That all boils down to the way they were raised!
Well said.You are so right.Parents need to pay interest in children.I wish your comment could be heralded in every home in Dominica.
and that’s just how the cookie crumbles coming from a past CHS student and now, public High School teacher. i see the difference everyday.
Alas, we cannot celebrate anything in this country without having to bring in the negative. Please stop it. The focus is on the children and the CHS has obtained the top average, which means no matter what the CHILDREN have done very well thanks to the teachers. Alas, Celebrate good news and stop looking for story… HATS Off to all thos all over and special hats off to the CHS. Keep up the discipline and committment that you are know for!
Has it ever occurred to you that CHS and SMA are both private schools who in fact hire their own teachers? Whereas the teachers need to be certified by the Ministry of Education, the school receives the applications and the principal conducts the interviews. So the Ministry doesn’t “send” the best teachers to CHS or SMA, the best teachers apply there first of all and then the school makes it a point of duty to hire the best. Can’t consider that unfair. It’s just competitive. And if parents want the best for their kids, they will try to get them into the best school. No harm no foul. That being said, PCSS is a public school and one might venture to say they don’t necessarily have the best teachers (I would disagree but…) and still Malik Stuart Managed 9 ones and a 2. Its more than just the teachers. It is the students’ level of discipline that makes the difference. Go Malik! Go Zarisia! Go Grand Bay! Congrats to CHS SDA and SMA.
To a very large extent this is true.
CONGRATULATIONS to all students who wrote and passed the CXC exams. I’ve been through it and know what it’s like. Keep striving for the best, stay focused, put God first in everything and best of luck in your future studies and careers.
Parents, be supportive of your children. Don’t redicule them even though their grades may not be what you expected.
Congrats to all, for those of you who did not have much success let not this be the end. Focus and try again for the sky is the limit.
Congrats my CHS girls.. im proud of all of you.. To all the other schools job well done
bravo!!!! Kitwanie CTO Junior minister of Tourism with all your other activities you scooped 11 subjects at csec. Well done diverse and well-rounded young lady keep on giving of your time and talent, and may the lord continue to be the a light onto your path.
Leah, you proved that when you received the various awards at the CHS, there would have been better things to come.Great work, child. Knowing you from small and also knowing your Parents, the Lord would have continued to shower the blessings over you. Continue in the same stead and remain focussed. SRW
I’m reading that the CHS has topped the CXC exams while a SMA student received 11 ones, the first ever recorded on the island. The CHS student received an overal average of 94.8, while the SDA student received 89, then thirdly , the SMA with 80.3.The SMA student got 11 ones , how many ones did the CHS and the SDA received?I’m just asking
11 ones is just one student’s performance. The overall school is based on the performance of all the students. So although this young man have gotten 11 ones the pass rate of CHS and DSDASS is higher than that of SMA placing them 3rd.
What you are talking about is OVERALL pass rate for the entire school system = ALL SCHOOLS. Comparing HOW WELL the schools did in relation to others.
The 11 Ones – individual student at the school. Like PCSS Malik Stuart
He got the most ONES. At all schools there will be students who did well at THEIR SCHOOL.
congrats to SDA Secondary School….Keep striving!
So what about Grammar School?
I am sure they did OK but not enough to make the headlines like CHS and SMA of course. The headlines in terms of educational prowess is always reserved for the best of the best like CHS and SMA like in this case. Nonetheless they are used to settling for seconds…..the DGS of today. On the other hand DGS of today usually make the headlines for less than educational prowes. Oh well, maybe next time they will try harder and take the appropriate headlines like CHS and SMA
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
It really hurts to read this comment about DGS…
In the old days unde principals like Charlo and Mr. Bully Grammar school use to be tops in everthing. These days we have to ask what about Grammar School.
Where did we go wrong?
it went wrong when government introduced USE and turned their backs
What do you expect when almost all the children on the lower ebb of the National Assessment are placed at DGS. Some can’t even read and write.
they were to busy fighting the teachers.
congratulations Malik and Zarisia. i never doubted these children, they made time for thier work and now it has paid off. we are all very, very proud of you
well dominicans i hope allu see it dsdass coming up next we we comin out first by gods grace
Wow – congratulations to all, way to go Leah –
Now that’s the difference with hardwork/perseverance & facebook/DSI/SWO. Congratulations to these students who realized that average is not an option. Congratulations!! you make your parents proud. Scholarships awaits you…. seek and you shall find them all.
Convent will always be the best among the rest..Proud of my past school…I’ll always be a convent girl!! Hooray!!!
Effort Conquers All!!!
CONGRATS Smarttrick!!!! You Have Made us PROUD!!!! Grandbay Got Brains too!!! Enjoy the moment!!
We always have brains, Don’t forget we have borne prime ministers lawyers and presidents just to name a few. Congratulations to the people of Grandbay,my roots. Do not focus on all the negative comments coming your way. Stay positive. God is your reward
Another SMACADAMITE has done it again!!!!!! Nuff said! Nuff raspect!!! Hail to thee all hail!
Assertive, NOT Agressive!
congrats Cornell.I am very happy for your family.hard work pays off
Convent High School Youth we’re our island’s pride!!!! go girls! keep em coming
Go “Smartrick”!!(hope I spelt it correctly lol:
Malik Stuart of PCSS who got 9 Ones and 1 Two.
Go Grand Bay!!! Your mom ought to be proud! Back Street Massive!!!
Congratulations to all the students. You have made your mark, and special congrats to Cornel who got 11 ones. You will always be remembered for your record. Enjoy every bit of your youth and continue to make we Dominicans proud. Thanks to all the parents who were there for your children in times of need and to the teachers who we forget most times for your dedication to these students. Good luck to all.
11 ones? Wow… Congrats to the students!
That is productivity.
Ora et labora…all the way
BIG UPP TOO MY SCHOOL.. C.H.S!!! Congrats to my prefect Leah Dodds… and my friend Zarisia!!! Ya’ll did good!!!!!!!!!!!! wishin 2 follow all yhu foot steps
I am overjoyed. My students at the DSDASS have made me very proud this morning. Knew you guys would do great things.
SMA has been producing the Island Scholar for the last few years!!! Proud to have worn that crest!
Sabroche and our uwp was correct, our education is suffering.
I would like to say congrats to those hard working deserving students and also the teachers and parents and everyone that enabled the students
A clown indeed.
big up to pcss u make us proud !!!
Way To Go Son!
Big Up To Malik Stuart!
You put PCSS on de map
Congrats to PCSS! Excellent news!
Congratulations to all the young ones who succeeded…You all did so well..Proud of you all.
Congrats to SDA wow that is impressive!
Congrats to all the students and their respective schools. CHS we still run tings man overall?
11 ones young man and they saying our boys are lost? show them what’s up!
Congratulations to Principal, Staff and Class of 2012 of the Dominica SDA Secondary School. The Lord has blessed us and he will continue to bestow his blessings.
Great job SDA Secondary. Little is much when God is in it
Congratulations are in order to my neighbour Leah Dodds .. a determined, well disciplined , God fearing young lady.. keep aiming for the stars knowing always that you have no set limits.. proud of your achievements! God bless you my dear!
Congratulations to the Dominica Seventh Day Adventiste School
Congratulations to the Dominica SDA Secondary School. We are grateful for the blessings of the Lord and would continue to trust in him for greater blessings. Congrats Class of 2012, Principal and Staff of DSDASS.
It’s the Dominica Seventh day Adventist secondary School. It’s NOT seventh day Adventist high school. Please please give jack is jacket and give jacklyn her lipstick. Call school by their proper name.Congrats to my old school,
DNO can you please correct this thank you
Congrats to SDA! Convent next year we looking for even better things!
Congratulations to the Dominica Seventh-day Adventist Secondary School.
SPECIAL BIG UP TO ALL SPECIALLY TO ST.MARY’S ACADEMY
Congration to the Dominica Seventh-day Adventist Secondary.
Way to go SDA…I am impressed.
Congratulations to my fellow students!
You made me proud!
yipeEEEEEEEE to CHS LET’S PARTYYYYYYYY
Big up Convent!
CONGRATS TO ALL! BIG UP TO MA PASS HIGH SCHOOL: DSDASS! WE MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT WE DO GREAT THINGS THANKS TO JAH..