South schools top SEA results: PM congratulates all students

Top student Sandhya Sookhoo with her mom, Marsha

Second place SEA student Kay-Lynn Ramlal is an accomplished musician

Third place student Troy Samlalsingh, with his parents Jerrine and Steven
(All photos from NEWSDAY)

Three students from South Trinidad won the top marks in the Secondary Entrance Assessement (SEA) examination according to results released Thursday.

They are:

1. Sandhya Sookhoo (Grant Memorial Presbyterian School)
2. Kay-Lynn Ramlal (Cocoyea Government Primary School)
3. Troy Samlalsingh (San Fernando TML (Trinidad Muslim League) Primary School)

Read the full story in the TRINIDAD EXPRESS

In a media release Friday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar extended her "heartfelt congratulations" to all the students who received their SEA results Thursday.

"As a former Minister of Education, Prime Minister noted with pride the increase in success in a wider cross section of schools in Trinidad and Tobago, with particular interest in the success of her home area of south Trinidad," the release stated.

It added, "Mrs. Persad-Bissessar stated that the improvement in the SEA results bears “testament to the success of pillar one of the government’s policy: people-centred development in which there is a strong focus on basic education to make a decisive difference in the future of our nation.”