Petrina Francis, Education Reporter
SINCLAIR
CLIVE SINCLAIR, a former student of Ewarton High School in St. Catherine made his parents and alma mater proud when he gained eight passes in the 2005 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination.
When Clive got the news of his success he was so stunned, he refused to believe the good news.
"I was excited but surprised because I was not sure that they were telling me the right thing," said Clive.
The 18 year-old told The Gleaner that he did not get a lot of time to study, as he was involved in football and other activities at school. He however noted that his recipe for success was to retain the information that he was taught in class.
Born to parents Claudette Cummings, a domestic helper and Hopeton Sinclair, a mason, Clive describes himself as jovial, humorous and hard working.
Aspiring to become a computer engineer, Clive is currently enrolled in sixth form at Charlemont High School in Linstead, St. Catherine. He is currently taking business subjects at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) level, which is equivalent to GCE A' level.
Ms. Cummings was excited but by no means surprised by her son's achievements.
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"I was overwhelmed and I jumped for joy but I was not shocked that he would have done well because the teachers told me that he was doing well and they had confidence in him," she said.
Clive gained distinctions for information technology, principles of business, integrated science, and social studies, credits (twos) for mathematics, geography and English literature and a pass (three) for accounts. He also got a credit (two) for English language at last year's sitting of the CSEC examination.
