Hillview student tops maths list

Two other students from the school placed fifth and sixth in Mathematics and Further Mathematics respectively. The top ten ranking students of the world list is compiled by Cambridge. Seven local students placed first. The list was released by Cambridge last week to the Ministry of Education. However, the ministry is refusing to make the list public until next Wednesday’s awards function at the Hilton Trinidad.

Newsday sources have said that 44 Trinidadian students gained 47 placings out of a possible 240 places. This is the fourth consecutive year that there is a high percentage of local students on the top ten list. Newsday was told that at least one student received a perfect 100 score in one of the subjects.

Besides the Hillview student, two other students had double rankings. Caroline de Verteuil of St Joseph’s Convent, Port-of-Spain, placed third in French and ninth in Spanish, and her close rival in "lessons," St George’s College student Jivaan Bennett, placed second in Spanish and 10th in French.

Yesterday Bennett was elated, expressing thanks to his teachers and mother. He has taken a year off to teach and will be studying medicine next year. Other number one rankings were Sunita Ramjattan of Iere High School, Siparia in Sociology, a St Joseph’s Convent, St Joseph student for Geography, a Presentation College Chaguanas student for Chemistry, a Presentation College San Fernando student for General Paper, and Brenston Francois of St George’s College for History.

St George’s College, Barataria, also had two other students at the top. Charisa-Marie Alexis tied for second in History and Osiris Senghor tied for ninth in General Paper. St Joseph’s Convent in Port-of-Spain also got six other rankings, including the second place in Geography.

Presentation College, San Fernando, received four other rankings, including the second place in Further Mathematics, while Presentation College, Chaguanas, got two other rankings.

Fatima College had three ranked students. Naparima College, San Fernando, St Mary’s College, Bishops Anstey and St Augustine Girls’ had two ranked students each. St Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando; Northeastern College, Sangre Grande; St Augustine Secondary; St James Sixth Form; Providence Girls’; Queen’s Royal College; San Fernando Government Secondary and Carapichaima Senior Secondary Comprehensive had one ranked student each.