Anguilla’s Lerique Franklin has been named top-performing male student in this year’s Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) examinations.
The fourth-form student at Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School achieved grades of ‘master’ in English, integrated science, mathematics, social studies and ‘competent’ in digital literacy.
He was honoured for his efforts regionally at the 2025 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Top Awards Ceremony held in Port of Spain in Trinidad on 11 December.
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And just last month, Franklin and 16 other Anguillian students were celebrated at home at the annual Recognition Ceremony for candidates who earned placement on the regional CXC Merit List.
Deavene Guishard, Anguilla’s CXC registrar and education officer, said the students’ successes were “a clear indication of the resilience and tenacity of our teachers and students”.
The CCSLC is a foundational certification for lower secondary students (grades seven to nine) and provides a global benchmark, the Department of Education said in a press release on 18 December.
It is recognised by UK ENIC as comparable to the completion of grade nine in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.
The certificate serves as a bridge to higher qualifications such as CSEC and CAPE, and familiarises students with school-based assessments prior to reaching upper secondary levels.
It also ensures that every student leaves school with an internationally recognised credential, regardless of their future academic pathway, the education department said.
Merit List students (name/subject/rank/exam/school):
- Lerique Franklin – Top Performer CCSLC ALHCS
- Jediah Gill – Integrated Science 1 CCSLC ALHCS
- Shaleah Paul – English 1 CCSLC ALHCS
- Shaleah Paul – Digital Literacy 4 CCSLC ALHCS
- Zada Reid – Digital Literacy 1 CCSLC ALHCS
- Azarel Cupid – Integrated Science 2 CCSLC OIS
- Azarel Cupid – Social Studies 6 CCSLC OIS
- Jahmai Gumbs – Integrated Science 2 CCSLC ALHCS
- Cattleya Charles – Social Studies 5 CCSLC OIS
- Cattleya Charles – Digital Literacy 10 CCSLC OIS
- Clajae Webster – Integrated Science 5 CCSLC ALHCS
- Dishita Chhatlani – Integrated Science 5 CCSLC ALHCS
- Nahla Connor – Integrated Science 5 CCSLC ALHCS
- Nayah Baptiste – Integrated Science 5 CCSLC ALHCS
- Princess Fleming – English 5 CCSLC ALHCS
- Tegan Bibby – Digital Literacy 6 CCSLC ALHCS
- Robert Advincola – Integrated Science 10 CCSLC ALHCS
- Abigail Campbell – Food, Nutrition and Health (Technical) 10 CSEC ALHCS
- Kishana Edwards – Building and Mechanical Engineering Drawing Unit 2 (Build) 1 CAPE ACC
- Jia Liang – Financial Services Studies Unit 1 8 CAPE ACC
