{"id":14648,"date":"2023-12-19T21:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14648"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:52:54","slug":"prime-minister-urges-cxc-to-meet-global-challenges-at-2023-regional-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/prime-minister-urges-cxc-to-meet-global-challenges-at-2023-regional-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Urges CXC to Meet Global Challenges at 2023 Regional Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Brigadier (Ret&#8217;d) Mark Phillips, the Prime Minister of Guyana, issued a challenge to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) during the 2023 Regional Awards Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event honored top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Phillips emphasized the need for a paradigm shift in the Caribbean to enhance global competitiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged CXC to reposition itself as a hub of talent and knowledge, fostering collaboration with regional governments to create an educational ecosystem with a distinctive international niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address, Prime Minister Phillips highlighted the government of Guyana&#8217;s commitment to supporting the work of the CXC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony also recognized outstanding achievements in various categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alex Muntaz:<\/strong> Anna Regina Secondary School (CSEC &#8211; Overall Outstanding Achievement, Most Outstanding in Technical\/Vocational)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Siddiq Gafar:<\/strong> I.S.A\u2026Islamic School (CSEC &#8211; Most Outstanding in Business)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naila Rahaman:<\/strong> Guyana Queen\u2019s College (CSEC &#8211; Most Outstanding in Humanities)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Abigail Stephanas:<\/strong> Queen\u2019s College (CSEC &#8211; Most Outstanding in Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Naresh Jagnanan:<\/strong> Queen\u2019s College (CAPE &#8211; Overall Outstanding Achievement, Most Outstanding in Business Studies &#8211; ACCA Award)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister&#8217;s call for adapting to global challenges reflects the ongoing efforts to enhance education and competitiveness in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigadier (Ret&#8217;d) Mark Phillips, the Prime Minister of Guyana, issued a challenge to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) during the 2023 Regional Awards Ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14650,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14648\/revisions\/14650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}