The Centre for Curriculum, Assessment and Teacher Support (CCATS), within the Department of Education, held its annual Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards, last Friday 3rd June 2011, at 2.p.m at the School of Education Auditorium, Mont Fleuri.
Awards and certificates were presented to 13 candidates who had excelled in both IGCSE and A Levels in November 2010 examinations in four categories namely Top 10 in the World, Top 10 in Seychelles, High Achievement and Best Overall.
The ceremony was attended by Principal Secretary for Education Mrs. Merida Delcy, officials of the Department of Education, Principals and Head-teachers of public and private schools, parents and the students. This year’s event had the privilege to welcome a representative of Cambridge International Examinations Dr John Guy.
Dr Guy has recently been appointed Senior Education Advisor to Cambridge International Examinations after serving 25 years as a college Principal. The last 18 years as Principal of Farnborough Sixth Form College, the largest sixth form college in the UK. Until 2010, he was an UCLES Syndic and Board Member of OCR, and currently chairs the Qualifications Committee for the Examination Board.
The highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of Award to students ranked in the Top 10 in the world for Cambridge IGCSE and A Levels. For Cambridge IGCSE for Co-ordinated Sciences- Double Award went to Methsarani Lokuge from Mont Fleuri Secondary School. Methsarani is ranked 2nd in the world. The second award went to Kavinya Karunakaran from the Independent School for Geography. She is ranked 9th in the world.
For Cambridge A Level Anil Arnephy-Ladouce from SALS received the award for Computing and is ranked 4th in the world while Terry Roberts also from SALS won the Award for Geography ranked 4th in the world.
The Award for 1st in the Best Across Four Cambridge International A Levels was won by Kalsey Belle from School of A Levels (SALS), The Award for Best over eight Cambridge IGCSEs went to Kavinya Karunakaran from the Independent School and the award for Outstanding across seven Cambridge IGCSEs went to Lyndsay Hermitte from the Independent School.
The next award was the High Achievement Awards for October/November 2011 Cambridge IGCSE, AS, A Level subjects. The high Achievement Awards for Biology, Chemistry and Physics went to Kavinya Karunakaran of the Independent School and Lyndsay Hermitte also from Independent School for performing exceptionally well in English Literature.
Students who had performed highly nationally in the October/November Cambridge Exams at AS/ A Level were also rewarded. There were five winners in this category, Biology won by Kalsey Belle from SALS, Kerry Liu-Chit-Chon for Business Studies from SALS, Chemistry by Ryan Payet from SALS, Julia Reinschmidt for German from the International School and Kalsey Belle for Physics from SALS.
Students Top in Seychelles for the October/November Cambridge IGCSEs were awarded according to subjects. Art and Design went to Jose Zelime from Anse Royale Secondary School, English as a Second Language went to Dwayne Didon from the Independence School, English as a First Language went to Franca Sicobo from Belonie Secondary School, French as a Foreign Language went to Louisa Agricole from Independent School, and the awards for History as well as the award for Information and Communication Technology both went Kavinya Karunakaran from the Independent School. Kavinya also won the award for Mathematics along with another student from Mont Fleuri Secondary School Methsarani Lokuge.
At AS Level top in Seychelles for Mathematics award went to Julia Reinschmidt from the International School.
During the ceremony students received certificates for their outstanding performance in their respective subjects. They also each received a souvenir gift from Cambridge. As a sign of appreciation one of the students Kalsey Belle presented Dr Guy with a small token.
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