GUYANA has come out tops in the CSEC Examination yet another year. Guyanese students have again proven to the world that we are committed to the task that we will do our best and in this regard success will come. Success, the likes that we have grown accustomed to over the years, does not come by accident. It comes from positive, determined and futuristic thinking.  Thanks to the hard work coming from our parents, teachers and students alike that we can again see the fruits of our labour.

I say thanks again to the Ministry of Education and by extension the Government of Guyana for facilitating this success story. Had it not been for them where would our country be? Thanks to their visionary work in education that has given us the leading edge in our Region.
Guyana’s success has caused us to be the envy of the rest of the Caribbean Community.  They are envious of us and are trying very hard to, as it were, “catch up.”
But try as they would the formula for success is still within our domain. Keep it up Guyana! I am proud to be mentioned with this group of persons called Guyanese. Rightly put, I am proud to be Guyanese.
However, amidst the joy and celebration we have to pause somewhat and reflect on our performance in Mathematics and English. This year these two areas have shown not too good percentages, especially Mathematics which went a few points downwards. This is an area we have to work on.
I think the ministry has already put systems in place to address this – that come next year we will see improved results in these subjects.  The charlatans and naysayers who have nothing constructive to do with their time have run away with these statistics, but try as they would they cannot sully the otherwise excellent results of our country.
I close by saying ‘let us rally around our students, our hope, our future as we travel along this academic road’.