By Admin. Updated 10:19 a.m., Sunday, December 3, 2023, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
A third-form student of the Thomas Saunders Secondary School placed 3rd in the annual essay competition held as part of the 18th annual Caribbean Child Research Conference.
13-year-old Lynn Exumé was one of two students from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) who were adjudged as being among the top five writers in the regional essay writing competition.
The other student was Belle Adams, 11, a student of the St. Vincent Girls’ High School who placed first.
The 18th annual Caribbean Child Research Conference was held from 29th – 30th November 2023, at the Five Islands UWICampus in Antigua and Barbuda.
The essay competition was opened to children 11-14 years, regionally.
The writers of the top 5 essays travelled to Antigua and Barbuda where they got the opportunity to read their essays before an audience made up of a majority of their peers along with Officials from UNICEF Eastern Caribbean, UWI Mona and Five Islands Campuses, and the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Education, according to the press release.
Lynn’s topic of choice was,” Why is it important for children’s voices to be heard and their rights respected?”
Lynn said: “I felt proud of myself and was happy to travel to Antigua. I made new friends and represented my school well. I also learned about our rights from other children’s point of view.”
Lynn is no stranger to the CCRC; while still a student at the New Grounds Primary School, she participated in CCRC15 and CCRC16, where she placed third in the essay competition and first in the poem competition, respectively.
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