Naps student tops the world in Accounts

HAVING produced the top student in the world, Naparima College has now reached the pinnacle of success in local education. Never before in the school’s 119-year history has such an achievement been obtained.

Yesterday, following the weekend announcement of scholarship winners, teachers and students took some time to bask in the glory of their top student Kevin Singh, who captured the President’s Medal for Science. Singh placed first in the world in Advanced Level Accounts according to the World Ranking Order List from Cambridge University. There is more from this brilliant student. He placed third in the World in Mathematics. And, according to the marks from Cambridge, Singh attained the highest percentage in his examination papers in all four Advanced Level subjects — Accounts, Additional Maths, Further Maths and General Paper. Singh is studying Actuarial Science in Canada and yesterday his parents who had been vacationing with him there, returned home. Parents Tom and Rowatee Singh, of Mendes Village, Siparia, paid a courtesy call on school principal Maureen Attwal. They also showered praises on teachers who gathered in the staff room around mid-morning for a chit-chat about their school’s greatest achievement.

Speaking to Newsday, Tom said his son is to aspiring to become a Fellow of the American College of Actuarial Scientists. Head of Naparima College’s Department of Mathematics and Singh’s former teacher, Fyad Ali, was highly commended by Tom and Rowatee. The school copped 15 scholarships this year. Naparima College also boasts of the high commendation received by two of its students who were recently chosen to attend the Global Young Leaders’ Conference in the US. “This morning, the whole school is clicking; we are overjoyed,” Attwal said, as students, teachers and the Singhs exchanged congratulatory handshakes. This level of success, the principal added, can be attributed to the mechanism being instituted at the school and the driving force of teachers and parents. Naparima has come a long way in education. Recently, there has been a rejuvenation of zeal and the goal-seeking spirit in tutoring the young minds at the College. In the words of the Principal: “there is no middle path at Naparima College. There is one goal — aim for the highest.” Small wonder why the school building is perched high on Paradise Pasture Hill — no doubt an inspiration to students, that the stark reality of life can be effectively challenged when you start life at the top.