Gov’t to pay $500 to students successful in 2023 Exams

Students attending an information sharing session at SVGCC in 2023. Photo by SVGCC.

By Admin. Updated 4:02 p.m., Thursday, February 1, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Students who sat the 2023 examinations for their CSEC, CAPE and Associate Degrees will, on Friday February 9, 2024, be presented with the $500.00 gift award for their outstanding performance.

Here are the details from a press release circulated today by the Ministry of Education:

To be eligible for the award, CSEC students must have gained five passes (Grades I to III) including Mathematics and English A.

CAPE students must have gained passes (Grades I to V) in at least 2 two-Unit subjects as well as in the single Unit Communication Studies (or Caribbean Studies) in two consecutive years.

Students in the various Associate Degree programmes must have gained at least a B average.

Teacher Education Programmes requires a GPA of at least 2.75.

The total number of recipients is seven hundred and ninety-five (795), categorised in the following manner:

CSEC: 437

CAPE: 203

Associate Degrees: 124

Of the recipients who gained Associate Degrees and are identified to receive the award from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, one hundred and twenty-four (124) are from the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies and the Division of Technical and Vocational Education, and thirty-one (31) from the Division of Teacher Education.

Recipients of the award are asked to present themselves at the Villa Campus of the SVGCC at 9:00 a.m on February 09, 2024, with proof of identity bearing a photograph.

The Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation acknowledges the invaluable contribution made by its stakeholders and partners to the enterprise of education.

The foregoing is the fulfillment of an obligation to reward all students whose performance meets established standards of excellence.