Portsmouth Secondary School student, Carlisa George, has secured 14 grade ones at the 2022 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Education Minister Octavia Alfred made the disclosure during the release of the preliminary results held at the Goodwill Parish Hall on Friday.
George was also named the valedictorian and Student of the Year during the Portsmouth Secondary School graduation ceremony in July this year.
She is the daughter of Chief Magistrate Candia Carrette- George and Pastor Ehdi George.
Other top performers of the Portsmouth Secondary School include Serena Matthew who received 11 grade ones, Alcid who received 10 grade ones, Jaidyn Ferrol who secured 9 grade ones, Tyekya Robin who received 8 grade ones and Kyne George who secured 6 ones and 2 twos.
Top performers of the St Mary’s Academy were Marcellus Lee with 10 grade cones, Cameron Phillip 8 grade ones and Armani Francis who received 8 grade ones.
From the Arthur Waldron Seventh Day Adventist School, the top performers were Austin King with 13 grade ones, Deleon Fontaine, 11 grade ones and Felesha Jack, 9 grade ones.
Top performers of the Convent High School include Sasha Maxwell with 9 grade ones. Jacinta Grant also received 9 grade ones, Kerelle Joseph 9 grade ones, Gabriela Napoles 9 grade ones, Adeola Xavier 9 grade ones, Jaielle Laurent 8 grade ones and 2 twos and Zhana Joseph 7 grade ones.
Regine Charles of the Orion Academy received 7 ones.
Lilui Lucien of the Castle Bruce Secondary received 7 grade ones, while Kayla Scotland secured 6 ones.
Caiden Lawrence of the Saint John’s Academy received 8 grade ones and 4 grade twos.
Kiara Marcel was the top performer at the North East Comprehensive School with 9 ones and 2 twos. She was named Valedictorian of her school.
Students with 6 ones were highlighted and those who received 5 one’s and passes in 5 subjects or more were also commended.
Minister Alfred encouraged students to continue to engage in learning.
“Learning is dynamic; learning is lifelong. Let us move on. There is always something new to learn” she said. “I want to also encourage us that whatever we do, let’s be people of excellence; let’s give our best even when we are not supervised.”
The Minister commended all the students.
The list of top performers is posted below.
I dont know what id be doing with 14 grade ones. All i need is math and english and one or 2 more subject to go to 6th form college. To be honest, half of what i learned at school is out the window. Never have i had to use calculus or trigonometry in everyday life or at work. and i could go on. Before i go i wont forget to say congratulations to this young lady and to everyone who was successful in the examinations. All the best and wish you all a bright future.
It is not necessarily the subjects you learned at school the objective of learning is concerned with, it is more about equipping you with the ability – inductive and deductive reasoning skills – tools which you will fall back on for the rest of your life to be able solve problems you will encounter in your life. Calculus and Geometry helped you to develop critical reasoning skill which you can currently apply on your job, no matter what job you are doing.
To the young people of Dominica, please do not follow the statement indicated by “If we knew better” because it is discouraging the youth from pursuing STEM and the sciences.
Really disappointing contribution.
Great going dear! Keep up the good work.
Very nice. Proud moment for Dominica…