Claudine Housen, Staff Reporter
WESTERN BUREAU:
SECONDARY SCHOOL students from across western Jamaica were in attendance at the Montego Bay Civic Centre in St. James for the second day of the Gleaner's Youth Link Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Techniques Seminar yesterday.
"The Youth Link is very popular at our school so when the seminar was advertised we decided that it would be in the students' best interest to attend," said Ms. Nathalie Staines, teacher of English at Marcus Garvey High. "We tried to get a mix so we chose students doing English and computers so they would benefit from the activities."
Day two of the three-day event featured lectures from teacher of English, Ms. Doris Mayne, and information technology teacher, Mr. George King.
While pointing out key examination techniques such as ensuring that they understood the questions and noted the marks, Ms. Mayne implored the students to remember to keep their CXC receipts.
"Make sure you do not lose that paper," she said. "Last year there were 75,000 students who sat the English A exams from all 12 territories so you have to keep you paperwork in case they (CXC) say you did not sit the exam."
The afternoon session with Mr. King was both entertaining and informative as students were kept on their toes with a combination of visuals aids and humour. Students laughed while they learned.
"I learned some things today that I was not taught in school," said Tasha Vincent, a fifth form student form Montpelier College in St. James. "Without this session, I would have gone into the exam scared. Now, I am feeling much more confident."
The western leg of the Gleaner's Youth Link Seminars will end today with a seminar at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall, in Savanna-la-Mar. The sessions will feature mathematics and English. The two-day corporate leg of the seminars will start next week Monday at the Girl Guides Association of Jamaica headquarters in Kingston.
