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Jun 29, 2008 News
The Ministry of Education will tomorrow reveal the results of the National Grade Six assessment written by 17, 630 students in April.
Minister of Education Shaik Baksh yesterday confirmed that he is in receipt of the results and is analyzing them. He will be presenting the summary of the results to the media at a press conference tomorrow.
The results determine students’ placements at secondary schools for the new school year beginning September.
The Grade Six assessment replaces the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination last held in 2005. It is an aggregate of three assessments done at Grades Two, Four and Six.
This appraisal will better allow teachers to distinguish students’ abilities.
Students were evaluated in four core areas: Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and English. The Grade Two assessment accounts for five percent of the aggregate; Grade Four 10 percent, and Grade Six, 85 percent.
The assessment was marked by trained teachers recruited for the process under strict conditions. To guide the procedure, marking schemes and a manual for the administration of the assessment were provided.
The ministry implemented, on a gradual basis, the National Grade Six Assessment six years ago. The first assessment at Grade Two was conducted in 2003 in Reading, Mathematics and English, followed by the second in 2005, at Grade Four.
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