Ministry of Education: We are ready for National Assessment

The annual Grade 6 National Assessment examinations begin today in primary
schools across Antigua and Barbuda.
Education Officer – Measurement and Evaluation, Ineta Francis said, all systems
are a go for the examinations. “We are one hundred percent ready to administer the
exams starting today,” she declared.
Francis explained that the process is quite lengthy and starts very early in the year.
“The process starts in January and concludes at the end of June or early July when
the results are made public. It’s a very long process as much has to be put in place
in order for this two-day exam period to come off well; the way it ought to,” she
explained.
This year, thirteen hundred and thirty (1,330) students will write the exams. They
are drawn from government primary schools – 744, and private primary schools –
585, with one child who has been home-schooled. The number is 36 less than those
who wrote the exams last year.
“These students have been preparing themselves from the time they hit Grade 6.
The first part of the process is for them to complete their School-Based Assessment
projects. Those would have already been handed in, to the teachers in the schools.
Today, Wednesday, June 7, marks the start of the written exams which continue
into Thursday. The papers for Language Arts 1 & 2 followed by Science are the
subjects listed for today. The Mathematics papers are scheduled for Thursday.
The Ministry of Education is extending best wishes to all students writing the
Grade 6 National Assessment.