Successful CSEC, CAPE and Associate Degree to get $500 on Feb 28

By Admin. Updated 11:46 p.m., Wednesday, February 19, 2025, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). 

Students who sat the 2024 examinations for their CSEC, CAPE and Associate Degrees will be presented with a $500.00 gift award for commendable performance on Friday, 28 February, 2025,

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, a press release from the Education Media Unit within the Ministry of Education says.

The total number of recipients is seven hundred and one (701), categorised in the following manner: CSEC: 356, CAPE: 170, Associate Degrees: 174, the ministry says.

Of the recipients who gained Associate Degrees and are identified to receive the award from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, fifty-two (52) are from the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies and the Division of Technical and Vocational Education, and fifty-six (56) 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 28 February, 2025, with proof of identity bearing a photograph, the ministry says.

The Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation also acknowledges the invaluable contribution made by our 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, the ministry says.