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Grade Six Assessment gets underway
Armed with the relevant tools, primary school pupils, both from public and private schools across the country, were out in their numbers yesterday to sit the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
Formerly known as Common Entrance, the examination is one which is designed to determine which secondary institution pupils are eligible to attend.
Excited pupils of St Margaret’s and St Angela’s Primary Schools after the first segment of the Grade Six Assessment yesterday.
Based on annual statistics from the Ministry of Education, an estimated 18,000 pupils are slated to undertake the two-day assessment which is set to culminate today.
Yesterday, pupils were required to undertake assessments in the areas of English and Science and the process will continue today with Mathematics and Social Studies.
Candidates should have previously been evaluated at the National Grade Two Assessment in 2009 and the National Grade Four Assessment in 2011.
Their performances are expected to reflect the percentage of the marks gained at the Grade Two and Grade Four Assessments, combined with the marks attained at the National Grade Six Assessment. Five per cent of each candidate’s Grade Two score in Mathematics and English, and 10 per cent of the Grade Four score in the same subjects, are added to 85 per cent of each of their score in those subjects.
The combined scores in Mathematics and English are then added to the scores gained in Science and Social Studies.
Emotions were high at the various schools as students participated in the defining assessment. Attired in school uniform, pupils were required to have in their possession pencils and erasers as well as their timetable or risk being denied entry to their designated examination centre.
During a visit to the St Margaret’s and St Angela’s Primary Schools yesterday shortly after the completion of the first segment of the assessment, pupils seemed satisfied with their performances.
Ahead of the expected 09:00 hours simultaneous start of the assessment at the country’s schools yesterday Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, in a statement intended for the pupils, labelled the assessment as “special.” In her missive she stated “I know that you have worked really hard throughout your years at primary school and now it is the time to show off how much you have learnt.”
Even as she encouraged pupils to ensure that they are punctual at their respective examination centre, Minister Manickchand also expressed gratitude to the parents, teachers, relatives, friends and well-wishers who according to the Minister would have “invested time, energy, intellectual and material resources and good wishes in you who will be writing the Grade Six Assessment.
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