Sixteen-year-old Victoria Najab of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) Secondary School will undoubtedly go down in the annals of history having secured 20 grade one passes at one sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination. She is arguably the first CSEC candidate to accomplish such a feat.The first local student who wrote 20 subjects at one sitting was Zimeena Rasheed of Anna Regina Secondary in 2013. She secured 18 grade one passes and 2 grade two passes. The following year Queen’s College (QC) student Elisa Hamilton repeated the feat of sitting 20 subjects and secured 19 grade one passes and 1 grade two pass.It would however appear that Najab was determined to demonstrate that achieving 20 grade one passes was possible. She was yesterday named the best performing 2015 CSEC candidate by Chief Education Officer (CEO), Olato Sam.While it was made clear by the CEO that the SVN School had produced several top performing candidates in the past, reports suggest that producing the national top performer is in fact a novel achievement for the school. SVN is a privately-operated Hindu school located at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara.The candidate who qualified as the second best performing student,Cheap Football Jerseys, Vamanadev Hiralall,China Jerseys For Sale, who secured 19 grade one passes and 1 grade two is also a student of SVN. The top performers this year include a few others from the very school.In announcing the results yesterday during a televised forum held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development, Sam disclosed that of the 12,606 candidates who participated in the examination this year, 47 secured grade one passes or more.Among the candidates were 4,506 males and 8,100 females, and according to Sam, this year 33 percent of them were entered through private institutions.This publication was able to secure interviews with some of the top performers, who were happy to be recognised for their outstanding achievements.***Victoria Najab (20 grade ones)In a brief interview with Kaieteur News, the 16 year-old shared that her next goal will be to complete her A Levels and try to secure a place at the Colorado School of Mines to study Petroleum Engineering.Najab credited her success to her parents, teachers and God. She also related that her success was the result of paying keen attention during school hours. She also studied hard as she made a keen effort to balance her time with family, friends and her hobbies.“I just paid attention in class,” responded Najab, when asked what her study routine was like. She is currently enjoying some much needed rest in New York, United States, where she is spending her vacation.Vamanandev Hiralall (19 ones, 1 two)Coming in second with 19 Grade Ones and one Grade Two is Vamanadev Hiralall also of the SVN Secondary School.? Hiralall said that he felt both a mixture of excitement and relief. “I feel relieved because the tension of wanting to know (the results) is hard to overcome,” related the 16-year-old.When asked what motivated him to pursue 20 subjects for the CSEC exams, he responded “knowledge is not a burden and we have no limits.” He credited his achievement to the persistence and determination he put towards his academic goal. He plans on pursuing studies in medicine but disclosed that he has an interest in getting into a technological field of study.? He yesterday thanked his teachers, parents as well as relatives for helping him to be successful.Aliyah Rasheed (19 ones)Aliyah Rasheed of the Anna Regina Secondary was certainly not pressured to be successful at this year’s examination, despite her sister (Zimeena Rasheed) was among the top performers in 2013.“It wasn’t a pressure to me,” said 16-year-old Aliyah yesterday as she insisted that her sister’s accomplishment in fact helped to nurture her academic talent. This, according to her, often meant “burning the midnight oil.” And there was much forthcoming support from other family members, teachers and her friends too.“I am satisfied with my results,” said the elated top performer who resides at Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast.With her success she hopes to pursue studies in order to eventually become a chemical engineer.Joshanna Hopkinson (18 ones)‘Living life beyond the point of just existing’ at age 16, Queen’s College girl Joshanna Hopkinson is elated after attaining 18 grade ones at the CSEC 2015.? Yesterday she said “it’s surreal to be told that what you’ve worked to achieve is no longer a goal but a realized victory.”Even as she prepares to bid farewell to her grandmother today she dubbed the news as “bitter sweet” and extended gratitude to her grandmother, who unfortunately passed before the release of these results, but was there to encourage her throughout it all.? She intends to