ModSec

Modsec (San Fernando Central Secondary School)
Modsec (San Fernando Central Secondary School)
	SFGSS (ModSec)
Location
	Todd Street, San Fernando; Trinidad and Tobago
Information
Type	Co-ed Government-run Secondary School
Motto	Tenax Propositi; "Be steadfast in your endeavors"
Established	1962

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ModSec (officially San Fernando Central Secondary School since 2009) is a government run co-educational secondary school in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. It has also been known as San Fernando Modern Secondary School (1962) (hence "ModSec"), and San Fernando Government Secondary School (1966). It was founded on the Les Efforts pond (previously owned by the sugar-cane estate) and is located at 40 Todd Street in San Fernando, T&T.

History

The school was officially opened in September, 1961 but classes did not commence until February 19, 1962 which is when it was named San Fernando Modern Secondary School; for short, the school was referred to as ModSec. In 1962 the school population was 106 students; in 2011 (49 years later) the school population (comprising a melting pot of ethnicities, and creeds) is almost 800 students. ModSec is one of the most prestigious government run secondary schools in the South of T&T.^{[citation needed]}

Extracurricular activities

Cricket
Soccer
Cricket
Drama
Chess

Principals

The following is a chronological list of principals who have served at Modsec.

Name	Served
Aubrey Garcia	1962–1967
Ruby Thompson	1967–1984
Gibbons Joseph	1984–1994
George Ramdial	1994–1996
Deonarine Ramsumair	1996–2004
Janice Clifford	2004–2009
Joy Arjoonsingh	2009–2010
"Mrs. Ali"	2010–present

Notable alumni

Roodal Moonilal Former Senator and current Minister of Housing and the Environment and Leader of the House

Gallery

External links

References