THE Ministry of Education (MoE), on Wednesday, published the last four years of National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results for each primary school in Guyana, as part of plans to improve quality education and greater accountability at that level.

Similar information on the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results is expected to be published soon as well.

“The Ministry of Education is proud of this moment in the sector’s history, and looks forward to the information being used constructively, so that strategies can be developed to improve performance by students in schools countrywide,” a statement from the ministry said.

The publication made it the first time that stakeholders in education, including parents and teachers could access this information, which is available on the ministry’s website.

“Currently, information is available for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, but the site will be populated with data from other years,” a statement from the Ministry of Education said.

It further noted that: “The information can be obtained by school (public, private), by region, by locale (coastal, hinterland, riverine) and by gender. This means that educators and researchers can now assess the performance of schools and implement necessary steps to improve or maintain the quality of education in a particular school or region. Additionally, parents can now review the performance of any primary school in Guyana and be fully informed and engaged in their children’s educational pursuits.”

This open and transparent system will provide all stakeholders in the education sector with access to the examination’s statistics for each school.
“This bodes well for the sector’s development because programmes can be designed and actions can be taken to build on what is already in place in terms of education delivery, thereby, improving the sector’s overall performance,” the statement said.

The online reports show the percentage of pupils who achieved 50 per cent (30 marks) or higher in each of the four subject areas tested at NGSA. The information is graphically represented for better understanding by stakeholders.

“This move by the Ministry of Education augurs well for accountability because parents and other stakeholders will have access to such information on a public platform,” the statement said

Steps to accessing the information are as follows:
Step 1: Visit the Ministry of Education’s website https://education.gov.gy;
Step 2: Click on the “More” tab on the homepage; and
Step 3: Select “Grade Six Reports”.
Select the school you are interested in reviewing.

A school can be reviewed by each gender or using the entire student population. Schools can also be viewed by region, whether they are on the coast or located in the hinterland.