–Sapodilla School of Excellence, Rosignol Primary produce most of Region Five NGSA stars

THE LESS than a year-old privately-owned Sapodilla School of Excellence (SSE) and the Rosignol Primary School, combined produced six of the top 10 achievers in Region Five at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

Asa Molaha, a student of SSE and who had the most marks in the region, is based at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice.

His two other classmates in the top 10 are Joshua Harripersaud with 509 and Shamaul Sahadeo with 507.

Rosignol Primary also did well with Teeromani Kowchai scoring 509 marks, placing second in the region, followed by Arianne Mangal with 508 marks and Sophia Persaud with 506 marks, who also performed outstandingly at the exams.

The other four pupils in the top 10 are Nazim Bauckuss of Cotton Tree Primary who scored 506 marks; Sajjad Ishmael of Number 29 Village Primary School with 503 marks; Shimeha Conway of Hopetown Primary with 502 marks; Michael Ross of Novar Primary with 501 marks; and Assanie Morrison of Zealand Primary with 501.

Top pupil Molaha won a place at Queens College, while Kowchai, Harripersaud, and Mangal secured places at Bishops’ High School.

Sahadeo Persaud and Bauckuss were awarded places at St Stanislaus College while Ishmael, Conway, Ross and Morrison will be going to St Roses High School.

The top achievers which include aspiring aeroplane pilots, scientists and medical professionals were elated with their results and said they eagerly look forward to attending secondary school and ultimately university.