SKIPPED STUDENT EXCELS

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00:0015-year-old student of the Signal Hill Secondary School, Tobago, Leeloo Griffith, told the TV6 News

00:07when the option to be skipped from Form 225 was offered to her, she embraced the challenge.

00:15I was excited because I want to finish school fast, honestly, so I was excited when she made that offer.

00:26And I'm a very egotistical person, kind of, so when she made that offer, my ego was like, let's do it.

00:35Whatever happens, happens. Let's do it. Let's finish school.

00:39Transferred from the St. Charles High School in Trinidad and now living in Tobago, Leeloo said she was not nervous at first,

00:48but exam days came and many thoughts ran through her mind.

00:52When exams came, the actual legit exams, I wasn't nervous at all, but I was a bit scared of the results

01:06because of what I would have went through during the period up to results.

01:12Leeloo said she made a number of sacrifices to remain focused on her goals,

01:17including deleting her social media accounts and distancing herself from distractions.

01:24And also maintaining my mental health and my physical health even.

01:28The best thing I could have done was distance myself to make sure that I am secure mentally and physically

01:34and my grades and to make sure I got the grades I wanted.

01:38Principal of the Signal Hill Secondary School, Ariana Dabro Ford, told TV6 News,

01:43observing the high grades of the student when she entered the school in Form 2,

01:49the decision was made to have her skipped to Form 5.

01:53I know some persons did not believe that she could do it at such a young age.

01:59It was a big jump, but she did it and she did it so well.

02:04And because she did it so well, we are currently seeking the permission for her to transition into Form 6.

02:11Mrs. Dabro Ford said the results in Leeloo's CSEC exams came as no surprise to her.

02:19I was not shocked. I knew full well of her capabilities and her potential

02:24and I was happy that I was given the opportunity to nurture her in that way.

02:31Okay.

02:33What do you want to tell other boys and girls out there?

02:35With support, with determination, anything is possible.

02:43Leeloo Griffith passed the CSEC Mathematics, POA, POB, English A and HSB.

02:51Signal Hill also excelled overall in the CSEC exam with 80 to 100% pass rate

02:57and in the CAPE exam, 95 to 100% pass rate.

03:03While in the CAPE exam in tourism, there were 12 grade ones achieved.

03:09At the Scarborough Secondary School, the CSEC pass rate ranged from 76 to 94%

03:17while some of the other secondary schools we contacted said they were still tabulating their results.

03:23Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

03:27The CSEC format

03:33The CSEC rival team

03:35While in the CAPE exam MIDI

03:39They won asfritt whenever they were still dubbing

03:44Every person walks a bit

03:46They go ahead and discuss

03:48The CSEC line

03:51At the invite