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15-year-old student of the Signal Hill Secondary School, Lelu Griffith has beaten the odds being skipped from form two to form five and bagging five CSEC passes. The major accomplishment by her was done despite some feeling she would not make it. Elizabeth Williams sat down with the young lady and the school's principal and has this report.
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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.
01:24Principal of the Signal Hill Secondary School, Ariana Dabro Ford, told TV6 News,
01:30observing the high grades of the student when she entered the school in Form 2,
01:35the decision was made to have her skipped to Form 5.
01:38I know some persons did not believe that she could do it at such a young age.
01:45It was a big jump, but she did it, and she did it so well.
01:50And because she did it so well, we are currently seeking the permission for her to transition into Form 6.
01:57Mrs. Dabro Ford said the results in Leeloo's CSEC exams came as no surprise to her.
02:04I was not shocked. I knew full well of her capabilities and her potential,
02:11and I was happy that I was given the opportunity to nurture her in that way.
02:17Leeloo Griffith passed the CSEC Mathematics, POA, POB, English A and HSB.
02:25Signal Hill also excelled overall in the CSEC exam with 80 to 100 percent pass rate
02:31and in the CAPE exam, 95 to 100 percent pass rate,
02:37while in the CAPE exam in tourism, there were 12 grade ones achieved.
02:43At the Scarborough Secondary School, the CSEC pass rate ranged from 76 to 94 percent,
02:51while some of the other secondary schools we contacted said they were still tabulating their results.
02:57Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
03:01Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
03:19Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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