ANY student who wishes to move to a school which requires higher marks than he/she has been awarded at the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) would not have his/her request facilitated. This is according to a release issued Friday by the Education Ministry, which also states that students have been placed in schools based on their respective performance and on capacity of the school.

“The Ministry would like to take this opportunity to remind Head Teachers that they are duty bound to ensure that students entering their respective schools have the appropriate marks,” the release stated.

Nevertheless, lateral transfers would be accommodated in certain circumstances, according to the release. This means that a student may possibly request a transfer to a school with comparable mark range and listing as the school from which they want to be transferred.

In that case the request for transfer would also depend upon whether the requested school has the capacity to accommodate additional students.
 
A percentage of the marks gained at the Grades Two and Four Assessments was combined with the marks gained at the Grade Six Assessment in order to determine the candidates’ overall scores for placement into secondary schools.

Five percent of each candidate’s Grade Two score in Mathematics and English, and ten percent of the Grade Four score in the same subjects were added to eighty-five percent of each candidate’s score in those subjects.
 
Also, the combined scores in Mathematics and English were added to the scores gained in Science and Social Studies, and each student was awarded a grade in accordance with his/her respective performance. (Chriseana Ramrekha)