Butcher said it was never too early to start teaching the children about making the right choices.

He also advised parents not to wait until their children entered school for discipline to be introduced into their lives.

"It is your responsibility to direct your own children in the right direction," Butcher told the parents at the ceremony, adding that they should lead by example and become involved in the children's lives and education.

Butcher said he believed it was the "socialisation at home and in the community" that was to blame for the negative attitudes exhibited by children.

He urged the graduands to understand the importance of good character because without good character, they were likely to fail.

Butcher reminded the children there was no such thing as a "bad school" and they should work their hardest at any institution they attended.

Minister of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport Reginald Farley congratulated the graduands and said he wished to see the family, church and the state coming together more often for thesake of the children.

He asked the parents present to continue to support the school as part of their community.

There were 62 class four students graduating. Gavin Hope Taitt was the top performer among the boys while Danisha Warner McClean achieved the school's best girls' results and took top honours as valedictorian.