 second university of guyana s menezesrodney award for the best outstanding student in caribbean history at csec awarded to jamaican roshane roach second university of guyana s menezesrodney award for the best outstanding student in caribbean history at csec awarded to jamaican roshane roach andydindial tue 2222022 1340 the university of guyana menezesrodney award for the best performing student in caribbean history at the june july 2021 caribbean secondary education certificate csec examinations was presented to roshane roach of the campion college jamaica the region s top performers at the 2021 caribbean advanced proficiency examination cape and the caribbean secondary education certificate csec examinations were honoured at a simple ceremony which was held virtually from the virgin islands on february 10 2022 university of guyana s vicechancellor xi prof paloma mohamed martin attended the ceremony virtually and made brief remarks in presenting the award to roshane roach professor mohamed martin noted  it is not often that we find young people who are interested in history and when we find them we must celebrate them and so the university of guyana is delighted to present the menezesrodney award for the best graduating student at csec in history for 2021   mr roach is indeed a champion and we celebrate him we celebrate and thank the teachers who would have prepared and nurtured his love for history as well as his family and friends added prof mohamed martin the vicechancellor also extended thanks to cxc for partnering with the university of guyana and for enabling the university to be present and to deliver the award virtually prof mohamed martin urged all the students to keep aiming high and to do what is necessary to remain safe and healthy in 2019 cxc introduced two new awards in recognition of the work of regional stalwarts in education the first being the university of guyana menezesrodney award for most outstanding performance in caribbean history at the csec level last year for the first time the university of guyana menezesrodney award was awarded to kezia sealeyliverpool from trinidad the award also carries with it a full scholarship to study history at ug ug s chancellor prof edward greene vicechancellor xi prof paloma mohamed martin deputy vicechancellors prof emanuel cummings and dr mellissa ifill as well as the entire senior management team faculty and staff of the university of guyana extend warmest congratulations to all the students who were successful at the csec and cape in 2021  university of guyana vicechancellor xi prof paloma mohamed martin   award presented to roshane roach   mr roshane roach most outstanding csec candidate in caribbean history menezesrodney award      ug in brief the university of guyana is the 58thyear state university of guyana it offers 136 programmes in over 60 disciplines online and facetoface in 8 campuses across guyana with a student population of now 10000 ug has provided education learning and research for over 50000 alumni the mission of the university is to discover generate disseminate and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community the nation and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical inquiry ug s forwardthinking blueprint 2040 is currently setting the course for the university s future design and institutional response to the changing needs of guyana second university of guyana s menezesrodney award for the best outstanding student in caribbean history at csec awarded to jamaican roshane roach  