Eleven year
old Sean Harford of Westmoreland Junior School has secured the
top position in the 2006 Common Entrance Examinations.
Sean took
the coveted position with a total of 133.015 points with his
closest rival being Pavan Mahbubani of Alpha Junior with 132.685
points.
In an interview
with GRENADA TODAY on Tuesday, the top student attributed his
success to hard work which included doing all his homework and
paying attention to what his teacher had to say in class and
obeying instructions.He
recalled that the Examination was hard in some parts and not
so hard in other areas.
However,
he said that he did not expect to place first in the entire
island but now that he did, he is very surprised and at the
same time is extremely excited.
Supervisor
of the Junior Department at the winning school, Joan Price extended
congratulations to all the teachers who contributed towards
the success of the students.
GRENADA
TODAY also visited Alpha Junior to speak with Pavan who like
Sean was extremely happy with his accomplishment.
He said
he wished that he could have secured the first position although
the margin between the two positions is very small.
The two
top students on the island will both attend Westmorland Secondary
School when the new school term begins in September.
The top
female student was Trevique Xavier of St. Mary;s Junior School
who copped the third position while her classmate, Darron Williams
took the fourth spot.
Trevique
will be attending St Joseph¹s Convent, St George¹s
and Darron the Grenada Boys Secondary School. The fifth position
was taken by Naphila John of St Andrew¹s Roman Catholic
Primary School. She will attend St Joseph¹s Convent in
Grenville in the new school year.
All students
from Westmorland, St. Mary¹s and Alpha who sat this year¹s
exam were successful. The Ministry of Education says there was
improved performance in reading comprehension in the 2006 common
entrance examinations.
In assessing
the results of the exams, the Ministry noted that in the multiple
choice section, eight components showed improved performances
over 2005.
These include
history, reading, animal science, mathematics concepts and mathematics
skills. The worst performance was recorded in Physical Science.
