QC student tops Caribbean at advanced level
By Miranda La Rose
A Queen's College (QC) student, Rochelle Clarke has topped the Caribbean region in Unit One of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) by gaining six grade ones in the subjects she wrote. CAPE was introduced by CXC three years ago as an alternative to the London General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level examination. This year 17 subject areas were examined compared to seven offered last year after CXC piloted the subjects in several countries in the region. According to a CXC release issued by CXC headquarters in Barbados, 17-year-old Clarke was the only student in the region who wrote a combination of six subjects at Unit One and gained grade ones in all subjects. Last year no local student gained grade ones in Unit One of CAPE. Clarke obtained the grade ones in Accounting, Caribbean Studies, Communication Studies, Mathematics, Spanish and Statistical Analysis. Clarke, who was one of QC's top students at the sitting of the 1999 CXC's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, is currently on holiday in the USA. She is the daughter of veterinarians, Drs Maurice and Iris Clarke of Republic Park, Peter's Hall. Meanwhile, 1998 top CSEC students Sean Caleb, Abdool Sattaur and Christopher Orilall are among the top students at the CAPE and GCE A'levels examinations. Caleb who gained a grade two in Unit One of the CAPE exams last year in Mathematics gained a grade one this year in Unit Two of the same subject at the CAPE examinations. He obtained a grade three in Information Technology, the other subject which he wrote at the Unit Two level of CAPE. At the GCE A'Level, Sattaur tipped Caleb by gaining two Grade A's and two Grade B's. He gained Grade A's in Accounts and Geography and B's in Economics and Law. Caleb on the other hand obtained Grade A's in Chemistry and Pure Mathematics, a Grade B in Physics and a C in Mechanics. Sattaur did not write any subject at the Unit Two level of CAPE. However, he got a grade three in Mathematics (Unit One), grade two in Statistics (Unit One); and grade two in Accounting (Unit One). Other top students are Orilall who gained two grade A's in Pure Mathematics and Mechanics and two B's in Chemistry and Physics. Orilall wrote the CSEC at Bishops' High School. Stephen Backreedy and Roger Nurse both gained two grade twos at Pure Mathematics and Mechanics and a grade B in Physics. Vishal Bhagwandin gained a grade A in Pure Mathematics, and B's in Mechanics and Physics. At Bishops' High School passes were fairly satisfactory with success in 51 of the 66 entries offered at CAPE. Bishops' offered entries in seven subjects at the Unit One level of CAPE.
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