2006 Certified Accounting Technician Awardees

For the first time in the history of the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Programme in Jamaica, the ICAJ took the decision to present an award in respect of each of the June and December examination diets in recognition of students with outstanding performance in the CAT examinations.

Previously, the ICAJ presented one award each year to the student who completes the entire CAT programme in three (3) sittings over a maximum of two years, with the highest average mark of all those who sat the examinations.

Also, for the first time since the introduction of the CAT programme in January 1998, the ICAJ presented an award to the youngest graduate among all those completing the June and December examination diets. This award is the Sushil Jain Award and will be presented annually.

The June 2006 CAT Awardee was Sanike Sutherland who, upon completing the CAT programme in three (3) sittings over a maximum of two years, attained the highest average mark of 74% at the June examination. The twenty-year-old graduate sat the CAT programme at Montego Bay Community College where she was elected Student of the Year for 2006 and was named on the Student Honour Roll. She was also the recipient of an award of excellence for outstanding performance from among the Certified Accounting Technician group. She received an ICAJ plaque and a gift certificate donated by Acorn Bookstore in recognition of her outstanding performance.

Special mention was made of Teania Natasha Galloway who, although not qualifying for the June 2006 award, attained the second highest average of 73% at the June 2006 examination diet.

The December 2006 Awardee was Sydoney Seaton, who completed the CAT programme in three (3) sittings over a maximum of two years and attained the highest average mark of 60% of all the students who sat the December examinations. The 20-year-old graduate also sat the CAT programme at Montego Bay. Sydoney received an ICAJ plaque and a gift basket donated by T. Geddes Grant Jamaica Ltd.

The inaugural Sushil Jain Awardee, Kay-ann Gibbs, completed the CAT programme at the age of 18. She studied the CAT programme at the Montego Bay Community College, where she made the Principal’s Honour Roll for 2004-2005.

Another first for the CAT programme was the fact that all the awardees were from the western region and they all studied at the Montego Bay Community College. The ICAJ extends special commendations to the lecturers and staff at the Montego Bay Community College for their standard of excellence and for producing the top graduates in the 2006 CAT examination.

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