On Friday, November 8, 2019, students who sat the 2019 examinations for their CSEC, CAPE and Associate Degrees will be presented with the $500.00 gift award for their outstanding performance.

To be eligible for the award, CSEC students must have gained five passes (Grades I to III), including Mathematics and English A.

CAPE students must have gained passes (Grades I to V), in at least two two-Unit subjects as well as in the single Unit Communication Studies (or Caribbean Studies), in two consecutive years. Students in the various Associate Degree programmes must have gained at least a 'B' average.

The total number of recipients is seven hundred and forty-nine (749), categorised in the following manner:

CSEC: 373

CAPE: 222

Associate Degrees: 154

Of the recipients who gained Associate Degrees and will receive the award from the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, forty-four (44), are from the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies; fifty-six (56), from the Division of Technical and Vocational Education, and fifty-four (54), from the Division of Teacher Education.

Recipients of the award are asked to present themselves at the Villa Campus of the SVGCC at 9:00 a.m on 8th November 2019, with proof of identity bearing a photograph.

The Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation and Information is currently conducting registration of students for the May/June 2019 CSEC and CAPE examinations, and expresses gratitude to all principals and teachers for the critical role which they play in our students' development.

The Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation and Information, also acknowledges the invaluable contribution made by our stakeholders and partners to the enterprise of education.

The foregoing is the fulfillment of an obligation to reward all students whose performance meet established standards of excellence.

SOURCE: Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation, and Information