Technical errors resulted in incorrect marks at NGSA – Education Ministry’s PRO
In light of many complaints by parents highlighting that their children were awarded incorrect scores at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2016, the Education Ministry’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Suella Williams disclosed that technical errors, which occurred during the process of tallying marks, are to be blamed.
Guyana Times was informed that the information surrounding incorrect marks at the NGSA was disclosed only when parents opted to
Ministry of Education Public Relations Officer Suella Williams
have their children’s examination papers re-marked. According to many parents, after having the Education Ministry review the test scripts, their children were awarded up to nine marks more than was originally recorded. “The result is that some of them awarded more marks that were previously given to them. A student got 516 marks, after the review he got nine more marks.”
Speaking to this publication on Friday, Williams highlighted that “In some cases, you’ll find that the Ministry may have made a mistake and so that was corrected and the child got a point or two more and there are cases where maybe the child got a point less. This happens every time. The fault has to do with the technical aspect of things.”
She also stated that after the requested recounts are done, the children are likely to be re-appointed to a school that would suit their new scores at the examination.
