Clement Radcliffe, CSEC lecture series coordinator, poses a question to a student, yesterday, during the Gleaner's Youthlink CSEC techniques seminar, held at the Girl Guides Association headquarters, Waterloo Road, St. Andrew. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer
Scores of students, determined to get good grades in the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations yesterday participated in the Gleaner's Youthlink fourth annual CSEC exam techniques seminar.
Karin Cooper, The Gleaner's corporate affairs manager, said the workshop, which will end today, was designed to give students techniques and tips in the CSEC subjects of mathematics, information technology, English language and principles of accounts.
She noted that the educators who participate in the seminars mark CSEC papers and are therefore more equipped to give students tips on what exactly they are looking for while helping them to prepare for the examinations.
Mrs. Cooper said the CSEC workshop was an indication of The Gleaner's commitment to education, noting that the seminar was one of several educational outreach activities that the company was involved in.
Mrs. Cooper pointed to an ongoing project, 'Newspapers in Education', through which the company gives newspapers to 50 schools on select days. This, she noted, aims at fostering reading habits among children.
Useful tips
When The Gleaner visited the Girl Guides Association headquarters on Waterloo Road, St. Andrew, students were seen listening keenly to tips on how they could get top marks for mathematics.
Principal of Glenmuir High School, Clement Radcliffe, appealed to students to review topics done earlier in the year, noting that students tend to neglect those areas and do badly in the examinations.
"This seminar is very interesting. They are (the topics) clearer and now I understand that the steps in mathematics are very important, and I will get marks even if the answer is not correct," Simone Phang, student of Mona High School, St. Andrew, told The Gleaner.
Adonis Alcindor, 16-year-old student at Norman Manley High, said the seminar had boosted his confidence for the examinations, which will be held in May and June.
"It makes me feel a little more confident and the little rules that I did not think were important, now I know that it is better to put them in than leave them out," he said.
The CSEC workshop, which starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 1:30 p.m. will also be held in Montego Bay, St. James, next Monday and Tuesday, and in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on March 21.
