The National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), which was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, has recorded some 95 per cent students’ attendance.
A total of 14,730 candidates were registered to write the Assessment this year.
In total, there are 395 centres across Guyana where the NGSA was written.
A medical professional stationed at the Sir James Douglas Primary School to test the temperature of pupils and authorised personnel entering the compound
Visits to some schools along the East Coast of Demerara such as St Andrew’s Primary, Sir James Douglas Primary, Virginia Primary and Cane Grove Primary reported 100 per cent attendance of pupils to write their examinations.
On Wednesday, pupils wrote the English Language and Science examinations while Mathematics and Social Studies Papers One and Two were sat on Thursday.
At all centres, pupils and all authorised personnel observed the public health measures outlined in the Examination Order 73/2020.
Pupils of Virginia Primary School writing their examination on Wednesday
The Education Ministry, in a release, stated that it was satisfied with the attendance of pupils and recognised the support given by the teachers, parents, and guardians to make the process work to have the examinations administered under the safest and strictest conditions to ensure everyone’s well-being.
The same level of support is expected for the administering of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), which will commence on July 13, 2020.
