MINISTER of Education Nicolette Henry has said that significant efforts and resources have been expended to ensure that improved results are achieved at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) exams.

She said that with great confidence during a visit to the Rama Krishna, North Georgetown and St Margaret’s Primary Schools, where she met students who were getting set to write the NGSA exams on Wednesday.

“I am aware that it was a significant day for them and I am confident that they will do well, making their parents and teachers proud,” the minister said.
Chief Education Officer Marcel Hutson who was also a part of the visit, wished the students good luck.

He encouraged them to relax, read the questions and then answer them. Hutson also advised them to move on to another question, if they encounter difficulties in proffering an answer to a question.
The NGSA is written yearly and is the examination that dictates which secondary school a child will attend after completing his/her primary education.
The four subjects that the assessment covers are Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and English Language. The examination concludes today with 14,551 children recorded to sit the two-day exercise.