Guyana’s top performers of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2018 were on Wednesday honoured by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) at a simple ceremony at its headquarters.
Some of the students who were awarded with monetary prizes included top student, Nalia Rahaman; Arthur Roberts; Kaydee Ali; Cianna Barkoye; and Zyia Braithwaite.
At the event, Education Minister Nicolette Henry reiterated that teamwork is necessary for success.
“There’s an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes all of us to raise the children here in Guyana. Though this ceremony, while being simple, is an example of public and private partnership and so we are going to recognise our students so that we recognise the value of teamwork.”
Minister Henry also noted that this year broke barriers with the inclusion of children from all regions scoring high marks, as opposed to just Georgetown, which was recorded in the previous years.
Meanwhile, the head of CIOG, Sheik Moen-ul-Hack stated that education is the key to development.
“We cannot move forward without education. The best investment that we can make is the investment in the people of our country and in their education.”
CIOG also announced that their Islamic schools across the country such as Al Ghazali Islamic Academy and the Meten-Meer-Zorg Islamic Academy recorded passes in the top 200 of the recent examination.
Among the awardees was also the best graduating student of the organisation, Farzana Bacchus who secured a spot at St Roses High School.
She was one of the students who was granted a scholarship by the organisation to study at the Ali Ghazali Islamic Academy after the death of her father. Bacchus is eleven years old and an aspiring doctor.
Speaking to Guyana Times International on her achievements, Bacchus said, “I’m very proud of myself because I did work very hard and I’m proud that I achieved something very good. I had a lot of studying and I gave up a lot of my privileges too.”
Throughout the years, the organisation has also been responsible for assisting the vulnerable and orphans with the opportunity acquiring a good education.
