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Former Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly is disappointed to see the return of the recognition of top Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) performers.

"I see the awards are back but I also see the divisiveness are back again and that is exactly what the PNM took the decision to not do that to avoid. However, let's see how it goes," Dr Gadsby-Dolly told Newsday after a PNM political meeting at its Central Regional Office on July 5.

Top performers Nicholas Dolly of Chaguanas Government Primary School, homeschooled Xavier Telesford, Sandhya Boodram Mahara of Macaulay Government Primary, Kailash Dialsingh of Exchange Presbyterian, and Ashlyn Ramkissoon of Jordan Hill Presbyterian received awards at the Ministry of Education's Port-of-Spain head office on July 4 from Minister Dr Michael Dowlath.