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Tutored by graduate Senior Assistant Mistress Vanessa Cadogan, the NGSA class of seven, was able to focus on weak subject areas and work in the tranquility of their village to attain success.
Speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, the elated class teacher, who served at the institution for 20 years, said it was never an easy task, over the years, to work with children of the Sandvoort community and gain such results.
She mentioned that, during that time, the village was without electricity.
“I’m very elated that I have been able to create history with the class of 2013. I worked with them at school and at my home and today I am very proud of them, even though they have not been able to place among the top students in the country,” Mrs. Cadogan stated.
FINAL YEAR
She disclosed that it is her final year at Sandvoort Primary School and admitted her pride in leaving the legacy as the first teacher to guide a class to a 100 percent pass rate.
Cadogan will be assuming duties at the Gangaram Primary School, also in East Canje, as Headmistress, at the commencement of the next academic year.
Topping the NGSA 2013 class was Jon Eugene with 487 marks, followed by Johanna Gordon 484, Stacy Hope 472, Cindy Fraser 462, Chelsea Hinds 444, Jolani La Fleur 440 and Sherry-Ann Benjamin 434.
Eugene, Gordon and Hope gained places at the New Amsterdam Multilateral School, while Fraser and La Fleur were placed at Berbice Educational Institute; Hinds and Benjamin at the Tutorial Academy, all secondary schools.
They were all pleased with their performances, although they had hoped to achieve more marks to attend higher level schools.
Eugene said he did not find any of the subject areas too difficult. Gordon said he found Social Studies to be the hardest subject while the others declared that the English Paper One was the most difficult.
Securing the second spot in the Region was Wellington Park Primary School in Corentyne.
The Grade ‘C’ All Saints Primary in New Amsterdam was third.
Sixty-seven candidates sat the NGSA and 57 secured places at secondary schools, including 23 at Grade ‘A’ secondary.
TWO CLASSES
There were two classes, Grade 6 ‘A’, under the tutelage of Mrs. Kamla Sooknanan and Grade 6 ‘B’ taught by Mr. Heathcliff Peters.
Among the credible performers, Lavina Sooknanan topped the class with 519 marks, followed by Chris Sears 518, Leynese Tinnie 516, Anika Soodoo 512, Mandy Pereira 511, Randini Ramdharry 509 and Richard Semple 501.
Sooknanan won a place at Bishops’ High School; Sears and Tinnie got places at St. Stanislaus College; Soodoo and Pereira at St. Rose’s High School; Ramdharry at St. Joseph High School, and Semple at New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary.
Seven others were awarded places at President’s College.
Both Peters and Sooknanan told the Guyana Chronicle they expected better results but are still satisfied with the overall performance.
They said they gave of their best and so did the class of 2013 but, unfortunately, not everyone got their desired result.
“We anticipated better results but we are still thankful that our students made us proud with an 85 percent pass rate,” Peters said.
He said none of the students were under-prepared; it was, basically, a case of lack of application that caused a few to falter during the examination, the teachers concluded.
“We worked hard during and after school hours; we gave of our best, with the expectation that our students would do well at the NGSA and we are not disappointed in a way,” Sooknanan added.
