Minister Valentin meets 2020 top academic achievers from primary and secondary schools   |09 December 2021

Minister Valentin with the top achievers in the 2020 P6 National Examination (Photo: Thomas Meriton)

The Minister for Education, Dr Justin Valentin, on Tuesday met and presented certificates to students who performed well in the P6 National Examination, DELF and Cambridge exams (IGCSE) for 2020.

The meeting and presentation of certificates took place at the ministry’s headquarters, Mont Fleuri, in the presence of the principal secretary for Education, Dr Odile Decomarmond and other representatives of the ministry.

The top three achievers in the P6 National Examinaion last year are 13-year-old Shifty Noorul Ameen (from Baie Lazare), 12-year-old Dorianne Bristol (from Mont Fleuri), 12-year-old Ella Moustache (from Beau Vallon) and 12-year-old Dorrah Al-Faraj (from Glacis). The last two shared the third place with the same number of points. The students are now in S1 at their respective districts’ secondary schools apart from Dorrah who is now in S1 at Beau Vallon secondary school.

The P6 National Exam in English, French, Kreol, Maths, Science and Social Studies subjects, was on a total of 600 points and Shifty came out on top nationally with 544 points. She was followed closely in second place by Dorianne with 542 points while Ella and Dorrah scored 520 points each for joint third place.

Addressing the four girls, Minister Valentin said that the ministry and country are proud of their achievements.

He urged them to remain focused and to continue on the same path with their studies to do well in secondary school as well, to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

He called on the boys to also give their best so that they get to shine among the best of the best.

He added that he will continue to give his support to schools so that the girls continue to shine and for the boys to attain better results.

He encouraged the girls, including other students, to be self motivated by doing extra work or other curriculum, with the support of the parents, to achieve the best results.

Shifty and Dorianne both aspire to become doctors, the latter hoping to be a skin specialist. As for Ella, she aspires to be a marine biologist and Dorrah an architect.

The four students said they are very proud of their results and to have also made their parents and teachers proud.

The students who performed well in the secondary five and four DELF and IGCSE examinations are Jayant Gondariya, Aswin Sathiymoorthy, Nathalia Pilay, Sean Odour, Anorah Renaud, Hope Rusteau and Carl Gedeon.

Jayant Gondariya, who was at Anse Boileau secondary school last year, came out best in seven IGCSE examination subjects. Apart from getting the highest marks in the country for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, he also did well in English as a second language, Geography, Information and Communication and Mathematics. He is now a student at the School of Advanced Level Studies (Sals).

Aswin Sathiymoorthy from Belonie secondary and Nathalia Pilay from English River secondary school last year were best across five subjects.  Aswin, now a Sals student, was best in Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics and Physics while Nathalia, now a student at the Seychelles Business Studies Academy (SBSA), was best in Biology, first language English, Geography, Information and Communication and Physics.

Sean Odour from Point Larue secondary school scored the highest mark in the country for IGCSE First Language English (Oral Endorsement). He is now a Sals student.

Anorah Renaud, now an S5 student at the Point Larue secondary school, scored the highest mark in the country for IGCSE Second Language English (Speaking Endorsement). She was an S4 student at the time of examination. 

With regard to the DELF Scolaire examination for secondary five, Hope Rusteau from Beau Vallon secondary school had the highest mark in the country at B1 level while Carl Gedeon had the highest mark at B2 level. They are now both Sals students. 

Minister Valentin called on them to pursue on the same note, and to keep their focus and to do extra curricular activities to achieve their aspirations.

On behalf of her colleagues, Nathalia said that they were very grateful to have been invited, recognised and appreciated for their efforts and this will motivate them to work harder.

She called on parents to continue to support their children in their studies and those who are not doing it to do so as some extra motivation get students to move forward to achieve greater things.

She also advised students to never lose sight of their dreams and aspirations.

Patrick Joubert