Last week Rosignol Secondary School celebrated the graduation of its first sixth-form cohort, a group of six students who successfully completed the CXC® Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) programme.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, first introduced the CAPE® programme at Rosignol Secondary School in 2022. During brief remarks, Chief Education Officer, Mr Saddam Hussain stated that Rosignol Secondary is the newest gazetted Sixth Form School in the country and holds the same status as Guyana’s National Schools, granting Region Five students the opportunity to pursue the CXC CAPE® programme in their region.
The six pioneering graduates include five students who attained an Associate of Science degree in Natural Science: Arianne Mangal, Sophia Persaud, Darshenie Bharat, Jeneen Harris, and Romila Jankinath. In addition, Donociah Peters earned a Diploma in Natural Science.
The establishment of a CAPE® programme in Region Five expands access to higher education across all regions of Guyana.
In 2013, during her previous tenure as Minister of Education, Minister Manickchand had designated Rosignol Secondary an A-list school. This followed a decision to allocate $45 million to upgrade the school’s infrastructure, bringing the facility to the standard required for A-list status.
