As dates for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) have been set, the Education Ministry on Monday virtually engaged Grade Six teachers across the country to discuss the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results and more so, find solutions to improve the performances in 2022.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand told the teachers that work must be done to move each child from where they are now to a much higher level as they prepare to write the examination.
“Think of each student and devise a plan to assist each child based on their weaknesses. Our aim is to ensure every secondary school child is prepared for secondary school. Please look at your children with a different eye so that you can prepare your children to enjoy a better life in the future,” Manickchand stated.
Further, she told the teachers that Monday’s meeting will not be the first and last as she believes that better outcomes will come if there is a collaborative effort.
The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) is set for Wednesday, July 6, 2022, and Thursday, July 7, 2022. However, the dates are subject to change depending on the COVID-19 situation.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand
Meanwhile, Manickchand explained that the 2022 examination will be prepared similar to the 2021 examination, covering topics up to the Grade Five level based on the consolidated curriculum.
The teachers were also asked to make a note of the students in their class who need textbooks so that they can be sourced and provided.
She thanked the teachers for the tremendous work that they did over the past year and also during the years prior in contributing to the development of Guyana by educating the nation’s children.
Statistics for 2021 showed that of the 14,400 candidates who were expected to write the exams, only 95 per cent turned up at the 503 examination centres across Guyana.
The Ministry had stated that 33 of the 503 examination centres were new and were established across the eleven education districts to facilitate candidates writing the examination. This was done to make the lives of children and their parents easier by eliminating the burden of having to travel long distances to get to their respective centres which were not the schools they attended.
In addition to the examination centres, the Ministry of Education has established emergency centres that can accommodate those candidates who may have tested positive for COVID-19 or are in quarantine.
