Gov’t gives cash to students who passed exams

On Friday, students who sat the 2019 examinations for their CSEC, CAPE and Associate Degrees and achieved the required will be presented with the $500 gift award for their performance.

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 two 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.

The total number of recipients is 749, categorised in the following manner:

CSEC — 373, CAPE — 222, and associate degrees — 154.

Of the recipients who gained associate degrees and will receive the award from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, 44 are from the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies; 56 from the Division of Technical and Vocational Education, and 54 from the Division of Teacher Education.

Recipients of the award are asked to present themselves at the Villa Campus of the SVGCC at 9 a.m. on November 8, 2019, with proof of identity bearing a photograph.