THE Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced its awareness of irregularities being perpetrated in the conduct of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations in a particular school in Region One. The Ministry has said that the integrity of that school’s NGSA results has been affected by the report it has received.

The MoE has issued a release declaring that it is actively considering various options to address the emerging situation, and has promised that its interventions would reflect its paramount consideration, which is what is in the best interest of the affected students.

In recent years, The Ministry of Education has established a number of quality assurance mechanisms to ensure that examinations and their subsequent results are of the highest integrity. Those measures allowed the MoE to identify this emerging problem in the affected area and school.

No other irregularity has been found in any of the other schools in Guyana; and the MoE assures all stakeholders and members of the public that this irregularity will not be allowed to affect either the integrity or the timely release of the NGSA results.

The MoE has committed to updating the public with additional information at conclusion of investigations into the identified irregularity.

The MoE has begun investigating the matter, but the NGSA results are set to be released nationwide on or before Friday, June 27, 2014.

(By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally)