NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Region Six students may be at a disadvantage in terms of foreign languages being offered on the schools’ curriculum. This year,Cheap NFL Jerseys, only 12 students in East Berbice/Corentyne wrote Spanish at the Caribbean Secondary Examinations Certificate l (CSEC).Of the 16 secondary schools between New Amsterdam and Corriverton, including East Canje and Black Bush Polder, only the New Amsterdam Multilateral and Berbice High Schools submitted entries for Spanish at this year’s CSEC.The New Amsterdam Multilateral entered one student,nfl jerseys cheap, and that child secured a grade three pass. Berbice High School sent up eleven candidates – three gained grade four and the remainder got grade five passes.Education Officer in Region Six, Shafiran Bhajan, indicated that steps are being taken to address the situation with Spanish. She is optimistic that there would be a turn around within the next two years. According to her, the problem is the lack of adequately trained teachers in this particular subject area.There are at least eight in the system at present, and a new batch is to be employed shortly. “Other schools, like Berbice Educational Institute and Skeldon Line Path Secondary, are offering Spanish, and at all of these institutions the students are being groomed for the 2010 CSEC examination. The Berbice Educational Institute will be sending up a batch next year.”Elementary Spanish is done at the Teachers’ Training College. At Yakusari Primary School, a VSO heads the Spanish department and the foreign language is even offered at the annexe of that institution. “At several primary schools, Spanish is a part of the curriculum, since it is timetabled. It is a requirement on the national time table.”She said French is not offered,Cheap Jerseys From China, since there is also a lack of teachers in this field. There may be at least three of them in East Berbice /Corentyne, but they are not highly qualified.No student in Region Six wrote Music for the CSEC; at least through the secondary schools. According to the Region Six Education Officer, music is on the schools’ curriculum but the students must achieve a certain level before they are entered for the examination. To this end, the New Amsterdam Multilateral is aiming for the 2009 CSEC examination.The Education Officer said that she is satisfied with the results of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate examinations. According to her, against all odds, “The Region managed to maintain a good standard of performance. Teachers attending the university during instruction hours, punctuality and attendance of teachers, as well as the lack of substantive head and senior teachers in many schools are the main challenges.”To address this issue the Regional Education Committee decided that only on Fridays would teachers be released from schools to attend classes at the University of Guyana.Meanwhile, it was noted that some institutions have dropped their level of performance. The Tagore Secondary is an example, as it used to be in the top five.Officials in the Region prepared an action plan for low performing schools, in an attempt to overcome whatever hurdles there may be and to optimize performance in terms of schools’ administration and their curriculum development.According to figures prepared by the Department of Education in East Berbice/Corentyne, the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School at Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne copped 15 places in the top 50 at this year’s CSEC examinations.This institution was tailed by the New Amsterdam Multilateral (New Amsterdam Secondary School) with 14, Berbice High School ten, Skeldon Line Path Secondary School six, Corentyne Comprehensive and the Tagore Secondary Schools two each, and Tutorial Secondary one place.The most outstanding student on a point system was Eileen Marray of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School. She gained ten passes with distinction and two grade one passes.Others on the top 11 list are Alisha Haniff, of the Skeldon Line Path, with seven passes with distinction, two grade one passes and one grade two; Francesca Koenta of J.C. Chandisingh Secondary secured six passes with distinction,nfl jerseys wholesale, two grade ones and three grade two passes; Hemala Seenauth of Berbice High School – five passes with distinction, two grade ones, four grade twos and two grade three passes.?Aartie Devi Somwaru of Corentyne Comprehensive secured seven grade one passes, of which one is a distinction and three are grade two passes.Rashmini Sookraj of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School got four passes with distinction and four grade two passes.Deborah Tombran of J.C. Chandisingh gained six passes with distinction and two grade two passes. Mohad