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Early results anticipated for NGSA
– As paper marking process commences
By Rehanna Ramsay
Plans are in pipeline for advancement of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, said as she announced that the paper marking process of the annual grade six examinations has begun.
This declaration was made during a press briefing Monday, where the Minister also disclosed that this year’s results are slated for public knowledge at an early date as work is underway to improve
Education Minister as she interacts with NGSA examiners.
the assessment process.
“The marking of the National Grade Six examinations have begun at different locations, and as we do so we try to maintain very high level of integrity of the exams as well as try to maintain the levels that we have had previously. Of course, as we go along we try to improve systems. We are trying to announce the results of the exams earlier this year and for sure we will be able to announce earlier next year. They’re things that we have to put in place that we begun to put in place but it takes for these to mature but this year we should be coming in a little bit early.”
The Minister also highlighted the issue of the conduct of some private institutions as it relates to the writing of the grade level examinations.
As such Manickchand said that the future of the types of education currently offered in Guyana will be regulated.
“Now I know that we will have some private schools jumping up and saying that we have been perfectly modeled schools. That may be true for some private schools but we can no longer continue to exist in an environment where we have some who are good and some who are not. But all continue to exist. I think we are coming to a place where although we want to be able as country to offer the various types of education in terms of public/private and so on, we are coming to have to regularise the types of education being offered.”
The Minister also expressed confidence in the examiners involved in the current paper marking process. “The persons marking the papers are all Guyanese. We did not import anybody to mark the papers…. we have very competent people. A lot of these persons are teachers who are working outside of teaching in a classroom. This is an extra job for them but they are also helping us out in the system also.”
The Minister reassured that those students of La Parfaite Harmonie Primary school, who were affected by the recent fire, will be accommodated to complete the sitting of their National Grade Six examinations.
“The La Parfaite Harmonie students will be able to write their grade six exams at an area conducive to sitting examinations.”
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