NGSA 2025 results expected by June 26 – Minister Manickchand
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, has announced that the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2025 are expected to be released on or before June 26, 2025. Speaking after the successful completion of the two-day examination, Minister Manickchand assured students and parents that the Ministry is committed to predictability and transparency in the results timeline.
“Your results are due on or before the 26th of June 2025 and we’re being very predictable. We want you to know so that you’re not anxious or wondering or begging or having to have inside knowledge. All the papers are, the exam was set, the assessment was set by CXC (Caribbean Examinations Council), it is being marked and computed and placement and all that being done as usual by the Caribbean Examinations Council,” the Minister said.
Education Minister Priya Manickchand
Similar to the structure since 2016, CXC prepares the examination, supervises its administration, marks the scripts, conducts quality checks and conducts consequential reviews if any are requested.
Candidates are tested in four subjects namely, Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies. The examination in each subject area consists of two papers. Paper One consists of multiple-choice items while Paper Two consists of essay-type or open-ended items.
This year, more than 15,000 pupils across Guyana sat the NGSA examinations of 2025, with the Ministry of Education reporting a record-high attendance rate of 98 per cent, the best turnout since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Education Minister, a total of 15,813 students were registered to write the two-day national examinations and of that number 15,497 turned up for the assessment.
Among those sitting the exams were 115 students with Special Education Needs (SEND) and, notably, 91 students wrote the assessments in Spanish — a historic first, introduced last year.
The Minister has expressed optimism in the students being placed is suitable schools, noting that no matter the outcome, they will be supported by the Government in secondary school, with a range of options to help them succeed.
“As I said before, we have taken our country to a place where we’ll have more high schools than we’ve ever had in the country by September coming. And by mid next year, we’ll have universal secondary education across Guyana – and that means that all over Guyana, children of secondary age are going to be able to access a secondary school and a discrete secondary school to access the various subjects that we’re offering. We are very, very, very happy about that. It’s a moment for me, it’s a moment for the country,” she assured.
The NGSA assesses competencies developed from the Grade Three to the Grade Five consolidated curriculum. The 2025 schedule includes both multiple-choice and essay components in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies over a two-day period.
On 16 April, students sat English Paper II, Mathematics Paper I, Science Paper I, and Social Studies Paper I. On 17 April, they sat English Paper I, Mathematics Paper II, Science Paper II, and Social Studies Paper II.
Mock assessments were conducted in December 2024 and February 2025 to prepare students.
The NGSA is a critical exam for Grade Six pupils in Guyana. It determines placement into secondary schools based on academic performance.