Broth­ers Alario and An­to­nio An­dal­cio, sixth and fifth form pupils of El Do­ra­do East Sec­ondary School, se­cured top ho­n­ours in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Se­cu­ri­ties and Ex­change Com­mis­sion’s (TTSEC) in­au­gur­al Na­tion­al Sec­ondary Schools In­vest­ing Com­pe­ti­tion, “In­vest. Learn. Grow.”

The award cer­e­mo­ny took place on Fri­day April 11 at the TTSEC’s of­fices at the In­ter­na­tion­al Wa­ter­front Cen­tre, Port of Spain. Alario won the first-place prize of $10,000 in se­cu­ri­ties do­nat­ed by TTSEC, while An­to­nio took third place, earn­ing $3,000 in se­cu­ri­ties spon­sored by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Stock Ex­change. Na­pari­ma Girls’ High School’s Syd­ney Look Fong placed sec­ond, win­ning $5,000 in se­cu­ri­ties.

The com­pe­ti­tion, which ran from Feb­ru­ary 10 to April 4, 2025, in­vit­ed na­tion­als aged 13 to 19 to par­tic­i­pate in a vir­tu­al trad­ing plat­form us­ing TTSEC’s In­vestorQuest-TT.com. Over 349 stu­dents from 104 sec­ondary schools com­pet­ed by sim­u­lat­ing trades in stocks, bonds and mu­tu­al funds from fic­ti­tious com­pa­nies.