St. Stanislaus College
Graduation and Prize-Giving Exercises
Friday, 8th November, 2013
The Principal’s Report
Introduction
Ms.
Gabrielle Cummings, and Master Tevin Prince, Chairpersons of today’s special
occasion, Mr. Morris Solomon, the Guest Speaker of this auspicious ceremony,
Ms. Melcita Bovell, Co-ordinator of the School Board Secretariat.
Other Functionaries of the Ministry of Education, Chairman
Mr. Chris Fernandes and Members of the St. Stanislaus College Board,
Administrative Officer to our School Board,
Mr
Vibert Hart, President of the St.
Stanislaus College Parent Teachers Association, Mr Joel Trotman and other
Executive M
embers,
Members of St. Stanislaus College Old Students Association, Other Special
Invitees, Parents, Teachers, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen, a pleasant Good
Morning to you All.
Honourable
Chairpersons, I have the honour in presenting to this large gathering of
stakeholders, the Principal’s Report for the year under review, September, 2012
to July, 2013.
This
Report has been divided in to six key areas, namely:
·
Student Enrolment
·
Staffing
·
Curriculum and External
Examinations
·
Co and Extra Curricular
Activities
·
Community Alliance and
·
Projections
Student
Enrolment
The
College year began with an enrolment of Five Hundred and Sixty (560) students.
This number comprised of Two Hundred and Fifty Three (253) boys and Three
Hundred and Seven (307) girls. The average number of students per a class was
Twenty Nine (29)
Admissions
of students were done on the basis of the National Grade Six Assessment to
Level Seven and to Level Twelve it was based on the Caribbean Examination Council
Secondary School (CXC – CSEC) 2012 results.
A
total of One Hundred and Forty Three (143) students consisting of Seventy (70 )
Boys and Seventy Three Girls were admitted to Level Seven, while for Level Twelve there was Thirty Nine (39 students, consisting of Twenty (20) Boys and Nineteen (19) Girls.
Staffing
The
academic year began with Thirty Four permanent teachers, Four (4) less, than
the required entitlement for the college.
The
substantive posts held were as follow:
A
Graduate Deputy Headteacher
Three
Graduate Senior Mistresses
Ten
Graduate Heads of Department
Two
Graduate Senior Assistant Mistresses
Two
Graduate Assistant Mistresses
Eight
Assistant Masters/ Mistresses
Six
Untrained Graduate Master
One
Temporary Qualified Masters
and
One Temporary Unqualified Master
The
Part- Time Staff consisted of:
·
Mr. Rudolph Deoraj-
who taught Applied and Pure Mathematics
to our Sixth Formers, and
·
Ms. Medeba Uzzi, who taught Chemistry.
Teacher
on secondment to attend the
University of Guyana was:
Mr.
Sergio Joseph, an Assistant Master from Region Seven.
New
Appointments
During the year
under review, nine teachers joined the staff. They were:
(1) Ms Deokie Lakhan, appointed as a Graduate
Senior Mistress, and is attached to
the Science Department.
(2) Mr. Damian La Rose, appointed as a Graduate
Head of our Science Department
(3) Ms. Carlotta Joseph, appointed as Graduate
Senior Mistress, and is attached to
the English Department
(4) Ms Komaldai Ramsewak, an Assistant Mistress
and
(5) Ms.
Shamaine Reid, an Untrained Graduate Mistress, both on transfer and are
attached to the Modern Languages Department
(6) Mr. Terrence Sukhram, a Temporary Assistant
Master, working in our Industrial Technology
Department.
(7) Mr. Subhash Haimraj and
(8)
Mr. Charles Hutson, both past students
of this institution were appointed as Temporary Qualified Masters and are attached to our Information Technology Department
(9) While in January, 2013 Ms. Tisina Stanton, an
Assistant Mistress, also joined the
teaching staff
Our
Ancillary Staff is of vital importance to the College, without them, the
teachers and students will be unable to function effectively.
During
the period under review, that special group comprised of:
·
Two (2) Typist Clerks
·
One (1) Librarian,
·
One Bursar
·
An Information
Technology Technician
·
Three (3) Sweeper Cleaners
·
A Caretaker and
·
One Groundsman who is
located at the St. Stanislaus College Ground
There
were two additional appointments to the Ancillary Staff.
These
were:
(1) Mr. Rhys Duff, a past student appointed as a
Science Laboratory Assistant
(2)
and Ms. Miquel Valladeres, appointed as a
Bursar to the college.
Resignation
and Retirement
In
October, 2012, Mr. Stefan Dookkhan, a Graduate Assistant Master tendered his
resignation while in, May, 2013 Ms. Sunita Sookwah, an Accounts Clerk also
resigned.
At
the end of May, 2013 - our most dedicated and longest serving Typist /Clerk. Ms. Elaine Seecharan retired after serving
the college for thirty-two years. Ms Elaine has served with distinction and
shall be remembered by both staff and students.
The
School Administration, the School Board and Parents extend Sincere Thanks to
all those staff who rendered services to the College and do wish them well, in
their future endeavours.
The
School’s Curriculum
The
College continued to offer a broad based Curriculum to students through its
Eleven (11) Departments namely:
1. Agricultural Science 7.InformationTechnology
2. Allied Arts 8. Mathematics
3. Business 9. Modern Languages
4. English 10. Science
5. Home Economics 11. And Social
Studies
6. Industrial Technology
The
subjects taught in the first three years from Level Seven to Level Nine were
compulsory.
At
the end of the academic year under review, students in Level Nine were offered
the National Grade Nine Assessment Examination in the four core subjects. These
being:
(a) English
(b) Mathematics
(c) Science and
(d) Social Studies
Our Top
Performer for that assessment was Cynthia Baldeo who gained an overall average
of 79.43 %
In
the fourth year, every student was allocated to one of the four streams
dependent on his or her ability, aptitude and interest. These streams are:
1. Arts
2. Business
3. Science and
4. Technical
In
each stream, every student studies a maximum of ten subjects. Some subjects are compulsory and
these include English Language, English Literature and Mathematics, while some
others are optional.
In
the fifth year, every student writes the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)
CSEC- (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) Students were permitted to
write a minimum of seven (7) subjects, while the maximum number of subjects
written by anyone student was twelve subjects at CSEC May/June 2013
Examinations.
Students
who were eligible to be admitted to Level Twelve (Sixth Form) gained at least five
(5) CSEC subjects with grade 1- 111, these included English Language and
Mathematics. Only then, were they permitted to write the Caribbean Examination
Council– Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CXC - CAPE).
External
Examination Results
Esteemed
Chairpersons and audience!
The
academic performance of our students who wrote the CXC-CSEC examinations in the
year under review, 2012-2013 was deemed Excellent!
Twenty - Four (24) subjects were offered. The
overall percent passes gained in Grades One (1) to Three was Ninety- Four percent (94%), a
percentage that has been maintained from the previous year.
Special
Congratulation! To the Class of 2013. You have made us all proud.
A Brief Analysis
of the CXC-CSEC results, revealed that the following subjects all obtained a
pass rate of 100%
Biology
Electrical
and Electronic Technology
English
Language
Food
and Nutrition
French
Home
Management
Information
Technology
Office
Administration
Physical
Education and Sports
Physics
and
Technical Drawing.
While note
worthy performances were also achieved in the following subject areas:
1. Agricultural Science-Double Award 95%
2. Caribbean History 92%
3. Electronic Document and Preparation
Management 96%
4. Geography 96%
5. Human and Social Biology 97%
6. Principles of Accounts 90%
7. Principles of Business 97%
8. And Social-Studies 93%
The total number of Grade Ones secured was Two
Hundred and Nine (209), Grade Twos (11) secured Two Hundred and Four (204),
while the total number of Grade Three 111 was One Hundred and Two (102).
Our Top Best CSEC performer was Chandanie Dyall, a Five Arts Student who gained Eleven subjects, Ten Grade Ones with Four
Distinctions and One Grade Two
Subjects Grades
Caribbean
History I
English
Language I
English
Literature I
Food
and Nutrition I
French I
Geography II
Human
and Social Biology I
Information
Technology I
Mathematics I
Social
–Studies 1
Spanish I
Some
other CSEC outstanding students were:
· Annie Shivraj: Ten Grade Ones and One Grade Two
· Devina Samaroo: Nine Grade Ones
· Okeme Beaton: Eight
Grades Ones and Four Grade Twos
· Isaac Safi: Eight
Grade Ones and Three Grade Twos
· Vickram Khemraj: Eight Grade Ones, Two Grade Twos and One Grade Three
· Melissa Wilson: Eight Grade Ones, One Grade Two and One
Grade Three
· Bibi Shafeena Hoosein: Eight Grade Ones and One Grade Two
· Latchmie Bansraj: Eight Grade Ones
· Jonathan Narine: Seven Grade Ones, Two Grade Twos and One Grade Three and
· Arvindra Singh: Seven Grade Ones and One Grade Two
For
the CXC-Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations
Fifty Eight (58)
students write the CAPE examination and Twenty – Seven (27) Units were offered.
Our Top CAPE performers
were Anil Tulsie and Adrain Williams:
(1) Anil Tulsie,
gained Five Units with exceptionally excellent grades.
He obtained
Four
Grades Ones in:
Caribbean
Studies
Biology Unit 2
Chemistry Unit 2 with Distinction
Pure Math Unit 1 also with Distinction
And Grade
11 in Pure Math Unit 2
Anil
Tulsie is presently on a Guyana Scholarship to China pursuing a Degree in
Medicine and
2. Adrain Williams
gained Seven Units
He
obtained a Grade One with Distinction
in Accounting Unit 2 and Six Grade 11s in:
Applied Mathematics Unit 2
Caribbean Studies
Economic Unit 1
Economic Unit 2
Management of Business Unit 2
And Pure Math Unit 2
Well done Anil and
Adrain
Other outstanding CAPE
students were:
(b) Ayeisha
Boodie who was successful in obtaining Four (4) Units all with Grade 11. These subjects were:
Biology Unit 2
Caribbean Studies
Chemistry Unit 2
And Pure Math Unit 2
(c) While Floyd
Dalton obtained Five (5) Units, with
Accounting Unit 2 Grade 11
Applied Mathematics Unit 2 Grade 11
Caribbean Studies Grade 11
Information Technology Unit 2 Grade 111
Management of Business Unit 2 Grade 111
Co
and Extra- Curricular Achievements
Most Praise
worthy Chairpersons!
It is quite interesting
to note, that these activities always occur concurrently with our academic
programme.
The
academic year, in review, started with the competitive Annual Inter-House
Athletics Sports – Butler House won
outright, followed by Etheridge in
second (2nd) position, Galton
House third (3rd) and Weld
House brought up the Fourth (4th) position.
At
the Inter- Schools, Track and Fields Championships, St. Stanislaus College was
awarded the First Place.
While
at the National Athletics Championships, (8) of our students represented
District Eleven (North Zone). Our Athletes performance was very outstanding.
They carted off a total of Eight (8) medals. Well done Students!
In
the Inter-Club Under 15 Cricket Competition, St. Stanislaus College performed
creditably.
In
the Scotia Bank School Football Tournament, our team emerged fifth place in the
Georgetown leg of the Tournament.
It
is also noted worthy to mention, that during the same period under review, some
students of the College were given the opportunity to represent our country in the
fields of:
1. Hockey
2. Karate
3.
Lawn Tennis and
4. Table Tennis
In the Caribbean Statistics Day 2012, Secondary
School Quiz Competition, the St. Stanislaus College Fourth Form Team was
awarded the First Place Esteemed
Chairpersons and Audience! Kindly be informed that this accomplishment was the
College, second consecutive outright achievement in this particular
competition.
In the World Food Day Essay Writing Competition, our students
Pooran Ramkellawan and Daryll
Goodchild performed creditably.
They were awarded second and third place winners
respectively. And gained for themselves trophies.
Admirable Chairpersons!
There were numerous other Co and Extra Curricular Activities,
that our students participated in during the academic year.
(a) The
Hydro Phonics Competition.
(b) The
National Blood Drive sponsored by the Ministry of Health and in consultation with the Ministry of Education. A
total of twenty seven (27) units of blood was donated.
(c) The
J.O.F Haynes Final Debating Competition
(d) Mashramani
Choir Competition
(e) The
University of Guyana Open Career Day
(d) The
Symposium in Observance of International Women’s Day, 2013.
(e) The
Caribbean Examination Council 40th Anniversary Prayer Brunch
(f) The
International Day of Monuments and Site Exhibition
(g) And a
Evening of Poetry among others.
The College Administration would like to extend Sincere Thanks to all the various
organizations that hosted these activities.
Community Alliance
The
College is considered a small unit of the community in which it serves. Community
linkages are very important for the educational moral, social, and spiritual
development of the student population.
Linked
to the College are various groups; governmental and non-governmental
organizations in the community. These included:
1. The St. Stanislaus College Scouts
2. Junior Chamber International – Guyana
3. The Lions’ Club of Georgetown, Stabroek
4.
The Department of Education –
Georgetown
5. The St. Stanislaus College Board of
Governors
6. The St. Stanislaus College Parent Teachers
Association
7. The Stanislaus College Old Students’ Association
8. The Stanislaus College Overseas Alumini
Association of Toronto and Barbados.
The
College has also maintained continued cordial relationship with the:
(a) Guyana Police Force, Brickdam Division and
the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education
through the use of our premises.
The
College Staff would like to acknowledge all these groups for their generous
support offered and do look forward to their continued good relationships in
the future.
To
the School Board
Much
credit must be given to the St. Stanislaus College Board which was constituted
in 2005. The Chairman Mr. Chris Fernandes and members of the Board, as well as
all members of the Toronto and Barbados Alumni Associations who have
continuously given their time, talent and treasure unselfishly, so
as to ensure that the St. Stanislaus College is managed effectively and
efficiently.
To the Parent Teachers
Association
A Special Thanks
to the then President, Ms. Sharon Bâ and all other members of the St.
Stanislaus College Parent Teachers
Association for their assistance in helping the college to address some of its
needs.
Last, but certainly not least, we must thank the
officials of the Ministry of Education for their support throughout the school
year under review.
Thanks also to all Teachers of the College both
full-time and part time, for without your co – operation and willingness, the
business of the College could not have been conducted smoothly.
Projections
The St.
Stanislaus College hopes to accomplish the following projects in the near
future.
1. Improvement of the Washroom Facilities.
2. Refurbishment of the Weld Wing of the
College.
3. Construction of a Car Park to facilitate
vehicles owned by Staff of the College.
4. Complete Refurbishment of the Science
Laboratories.
5. Provision of Six additional Lunch Tables
for our students and,
6. Reconstruction of Recreational Facilities on the school
premises.
Conclusion
Esteemed Chairpersons, and Distinguished guests. While we have performed well, in many areas
during the academic year 2012-2013, we resolved to strive towards improving our
performance, since developments during that year give us reasons to be
optimistic about the future.
To
the Students of St. Stanislaus College.
You must always remember, that it is a privilege to
attend this Institution.
You are encouraged to continue to persevere, in
order, to achieve your set goals.
I implore you
to remember the words of this Chinese Proverb:
“Learning is a
treasure that will follow its owner everywhere”.
While Abraham Lincoln contends that:
“The Best way
to predict your future is to create it.”
To
the Graduands and Recipients of Prizes
Congratulations
for your accomplishments gained. We are proud of you.
Always
bear in mind, the special words of Martin Luther King (Jnr.)
“We must remember that
intelligence is not enough Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of
true education”.
To
All Stakeholders
You
have played a significant role in supporting Education at this College over the
years. Kindly continue to do so.
May
God richly bless us all.
I
Thank You.
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