Education Minister visits Al Ghazali Academy – congratulates Abdur Sattaur for copping sixth
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today visited the Al Ghazali Islamic Academy, on Woolford Avenue, where she congratulated the students for excelling at the 2013 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), especially Abdur Rahman Sattaur who copped sixth position in the country with 541 marks, and secured a spot at Queen’s College.
Minister Manickchand charged the students to continue to work hard and excel despite the schools they obtained. “If you didn’t get Queen’s College that’s fine, you can move on and still do something great,” she told the students.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand congratulates Abdur Rahman Sattaur during her visit to the Al Ghazali Islamic Academy, Wolford Avenue
It is not about what school you go to, she said, but it’s the amount of work that is put in that makes a student successful, and in this regard she urged the students to pay attention in their class rooms because 99 percent of how well they perform is dependent on them.
Minister Manickchand also commended the school’s Grade Six teachers.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and the Grade Six students and teachers of the Al Ghazali Islamic Academy
The Ministry of Education supports the enterprise of running private schools across the country, and the ministry willingly shares its resources with every teacher, especially through training sessions the ministry conducts from time-to-time.
“We see our role as complementing that of the Ministry,” said the school’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sheik Moen-ul- Hack as he thanked the ministry for the assistance the school has been receiving over the years.
Hack said that the support has always been timely since the school is subsidising orphans and vulnerable children who are attending through scholarships. “We look forward for this partnership because we have one common objective, and that is to produce productive citizens and people who are educated,” he said.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Chief Executive Officer of Al Ghazali Islamic Academy, Sheik Moen-ul-Hack visit the nursery department of the school
The Al Ghazali Islamic Academy recorded 100 percent passes this year which has seen the students securing positions in top schools and junior secondary schools in Georgetown.
On March 25 and 26, 16,811students wrote the 2013 National Grade Six Examinations, of that number 23 students shared the top 10 positions, while 173 fell in the top one percent.
ISA Islamic student Salma Majeed emerged the top performer with 548 marks. Christian Pile of Mae’s Under 12 copped the second position with 547 marks while four of his classmates followed with the third, fourth, fifth and sixth spots. Navindra Persaud holds third with 545 marks; Ashtmi Natasha Deo, fourth with 543; Brandon Chanderban fifth with 542 and Zane Ramotar sixth with 541. However, Zane shared the sixth spot with two other students Leshanna Bindah of Stella Maris Primary and Abdur Rahman Sattaur of Al Ghazali Islamic Academy. The ninth spot was also shared and Divya Jagroo of Graham’s Hall Primary, Daniel Baldeo-Thorne of the New Guyana School and Renee Bisnauth of Cropper Primary all of whom scored 540 marks to take this position. The twelfth position was gained by Maitri Vathada of Leonora Primary with 539 marks.
