MORE than 15,000 students from all Administrative Regions of Guyana will, today, conclude writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination which began yesterday. Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand, in a message to all the “boys and girls” taking the two-day exam, exhorted them to do their best and put into practice all that they have studied and were taught.

“Read each question thoroughly and be very careful as you answer them. For the multiple choice papers, choose only one answer for each question and remember it must be the best answer. Be focused and don’t be nervous. Take deep breaths if you feel at all scared,” she advised the candidates.
Prior to the start of the NGSA tests yesterday morning, Minister Manickchand visited Graham’s Hall Primary School, East Coast Demerara, where 178 of the total countrywide were sitting the tests.
In her encouragement to the students, she said: “All that you are doing today, you already know; don’t be nervous at all. All the questions on the paper are from areas your teachers would have already covered with you. I do wish you all success.”
Manickchand also, in her brief visit so as not to disrupt the children writing their examination, suggested to them that each answer must be the best.
Earlier, she had reminded them to take pencils, rulers, erasers, timetables and candidate numbers to be used for every subject.
Minister Manickchand, in an invited comment, remarked that the students have been preparing for the exams for some time and the questions will reflect areas already taught by their respective teachers.
She said the performance by schools outside of Georgetown is excellent because of the conscious efforts to equitably distribute services throughout the country.
“That is, if we have text books in Georgetown, we have the same in Berbice, Essequibo and
elsewhere.”
Manickchand declared that Guyana has achieved Universal Primary Education, which means in ever “nook and cranny” across this country, children of age can access a primary education.
Written By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally