No transfer to higher schools for NGSA performers

Jun 17, 2013 News

Although lateral transfers may be allowed in some circumstances, the Ministry of Education has informed that performers of the 2013 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will not be allowed to seek placements at schools that require higher marks than they were awarded.
This is according to a statement issued by the Ministry, which outlined that students were placed based on their performance and capacity of the school.
However, it was noted that students could “possibly” request a transfer to a school within the same mark range and listing they were awarded. It was also pointed out that a request for transfer will be dependent on whether the requested school has space to accommodate additional students.
Moreover, the Education Ministry’s statement reminded that “head teachers are duty bound to ensure that students entering their respective schools have the appropriate marks.”
A total of 16,811 candidates participated in the NGSA this year, which was conducted on March 25 and 26, 2013.
The NGSA performers had previously participated in the National Grade Two Assessment in 2009 and the National Grade Four Assessment in 2011. A percentage of the two Assessments were combined with the NGSA in order to determine the candidates’ overall scores.
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 were added to 85 per cent of each candidate’s score in those subjects. The combined scores in Mathematics and English were added to the scores gained in Science and Social Studies. The highest possible standardised scores obtainable were Mathematics – 134, English – 146, Social Studies – 138 and Science – 142. And when the results were unveiled less than two weeks ago, it was Salma Majeed of the ISA Islamic Academy, East Street, Georgetown, who was declared the top NGSA performer. She was awarded 548 marks out of a possible 560.
The results revealed that a total of 241 candidates from schools in Regions One, Two, Five, Six, Seven, Nine and 10 are eligible for entry into President’s College, according to Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, who also disclosed that the top 10 positions were shared by 23 candidates.
She also highlighted that the cut off scores for the Sixth Form Schools were: 525 marks for Queen’s College, 519 marks for Bishop’s High, 515 marks for Saint Stanislaus, 510 marks for St. Rose’s High and 506 marks for St. Joseph’s High.
Of the top one percent performers, four were from Region Two, 21 from Region Three, 41 from Region Four, nine from Region Six, one from Region Seven, 10 from Region 10 and 87 from Georgetown. And according to the Minister, of the top one per cent, 93 were females and 80 were males.

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