PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has extended best of luck to all students sitting the ongoing Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams; and as a country holding top honours in the region, he is counting on them to make Guyana proud once again.

Last year, Guyana copped four out of the eight CXC top awards; and President Ramotar, at the annual Education Award ceremony, had announced intentions to make scholarship awards automatic for top performers at both CXC and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).
The four top performers were Sarah Hack from Abraham’s Zuil on the Essequibo Coast, achieving 16 grade ones; Deowattie Narine from Bishops’ High, with 13 grade ones; Tamasha Maraj, also from Bishops’ High, with nine grade ones and four grade twos; and Karran Singh, from St Rose’s High, with 12 grade ones, one grade two and one grade three.
The president evoked an applause from the audience at Thursday evening’s ‘Invest Guyana’ magazine launch for Guyanese students who, over the last five years, have helped Guyana retain the top spot at passes in CXC and CAPE.
With educated populations being a key contributor to development in a country, the Guyana Government has, over the years, dedicated large portions of its annual budgets to education and other social sector services. Universal access to primary education has been achieved, gender parity in access to education has reached equilibrium, and universal access to secondary education is within reach.
As a country with an open door policy to investments, President Ramotar said Guyana must continue to improve the education sector, since a committed work force is a key ingredient for prospective investors.