Science student takes Prime Minister’s Award
National Scholar Kelcey Allen earned herself the Prime Minister’s award. Social Share
The nation’s newest scholar and recipient of the Prime Minister’s award is Kelcey Allen, a science student and avid learner who is continuing her journey at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Allen’s name, given by her parents Selwyn and Jacqueline Allen, is one that has been plastered over the newspapers on multiple occasions over the years, always in relation to another success in her academic journey.
As a student of the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS), young Allen placed third overall and second for girls at the Common Entrance Examinations with an average of 94.62%. Hers was the last year to sit the exam before the state switched to the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA).