This year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination results are out. Seven overall winners in the examination came from three schools in the Portsmouth area. Education Minister Octavia Alfred and Chief Education Officer Jeffery Blaize expressed delight at the top performance of the outstanding students and how they have made Dominica proud.
The seven top performers were from Arthur Waldron Seventh-Day Adventist Academy, Portsmouth Secondary School, and St. John’s Academy, all in Portsmouth. The island’s top 10 outstanding students are as follows:
| ★ | School’s Name | Student’s Name | Grade One | Grade Two |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Waldron SDA Academy | Doneil C Bacchus | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Portsmouth Secondary School | Charissa E George | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | Arthur Waldron SDA Academy | Kezia C Royer | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | Portsmouth Secondary School | Asaiah J Yankey | 11 | |
| 5 | Portsmouth Secondary School | Nia P Thomas | 10 | 5 |
| 6 | St. John’S Academy | Janice H Corbette | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | St. John’S Academy | Delight C Peter | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | Dominica Grammar School | Tana T valmond | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Convent High School | Megan M Vidal | 10 | |
| 10 | Portsmouth Secondary School | Celeste M George | 10 |
The next 10 top performers came from Dominica Grammar School and Convent High School among others. Education Officer Blaize credited the students with excellent results, saying their success is a result of determination and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 restrictions.
Although we had a relatively uninterrupted academic year in Dominica, the threat posed by the covid pandemic was ever-present. We had to adjust teaching and learning activity to mitigate the spread and therefore it obviously impacted the way we conducted education. Against this backdrop, we are delighted at the performance of our students.
Jeffery Blaize, Chief Education Officer
Local CXC Registrar, Magalie Celestine, said the students in Dominica did creditably well but noted that the overall percentage pass for the country decreased by 2.9%.
In terms of our overall percentage pass, the graph shows that from 2018 there has been a downward trend in Dominica’s performance. There was a 2.9 percent decrease in the overall percentage pass of students receiving acceptable grades 1, 2, and 3 in the 2021 CSEC exams when compared to 2019 and a 1.2 percent decrease when compared to 2020.
Magalie Celestine, CXC Registrar
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