St Catherine teachers proud of students' performance
Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Karen Sudu, Gleaner Writer
LINSTEAD, St Catherine:
AJAY BUDHAI, head boy, and Shenoy Lilliard, head girl of Jericho Primary School in St Catherine are among the top performers in the 2011 Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) at the institution where 90 students sat the exam in March.
Budhai, who will be donning the Jamaica College (JC) uniform come September, scored 87 per cent in mathematics, 88 in science, 91 in social studies, 82 in language arts and 10 out of 12 in communication task, while Lilliard's scores of 97 per cent in mathematics, 82 in science, 77 in social studies, 78 in language arts and 10 out of 12 in communication task earned her a place at Holy Childhood High. Xavier Howell and Shanique Osbourne also performed well to earn places at JC and St Jago High, respectively.
Acting principal Nadean Coley, who prepared the boys for the exam, was very happy with the result .
"I did expect some of my boys to do exceptionally well, and they have not sold us short. Overall, the students have done fairly well. The grades are looking good," said a proud Coley.
Still happy
At Polly Ground Primary in Ewarton, although 11-year-old Trobrahn Scott was not placed at the school of his first choice, he was still happy.
"I will be going to Jamaica College. I wanted to go to St Jago but I'm still happy," said Scott.
His classmate, 12-year-old Javon Hemmings was placed at Calabar, but he wanted to attend Jamaica College.
Barrington Thompson, the boys' grade-six teacher, said while he had a mixed reaction to the results, he was proud of their performance.
"Overall, they did fairly well. We are very proud of them, we just want to move from strength to strength," Thompson told The Gleaner.
Both Jericho and Polly Ground have adopted a gender-centric approach to teaching.