THE Ministry of Education (MoE) announced on Saturday that the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) will be written on May 2 and 3, 2024.

According to a memorandum by the Deputy Chief Education Officer (CEO)-Examinations, Ameer Ali, this assessment will be testing the Grades Three, Four, and Five Consolidated Curriculum.
English Paper I and II will be written on the morning of May 2, while Science Paper I and II will be written in the afternoon.

Further, on May 3, Mathematics Paper I and II will be written in the morning while the candidates will write Social Studies Paper I and II in the afternoon.
The MoE further stated that all examination centres must be fully prepared and organised by the afternoon of April 30, 2024, and candidates must be fully aware of their seating positions along with the entry and exit plans.

Also, the candidates must be reminded to use the pencil packages given to them by the MoE. The ministry emphasised that the guidelines and regulations must be followed by both candidates and invigilators.

Candidates must be seated at least 30 minutes before the commencement of the examinations for both morning and afternoon sessions and they must be seated in an arrangement using their NGSA candidate numbers.

The packages with examination papers must be opened and distributed in the presence of the seated candidates and all the necessary arrangements and provisions must be in place for Special Needs (SEND) children and candidates writing the Spanish-translated papers.

The Ministry then stated that sanitisation stations must be operational in and around examination rooms to ensure everyone is sanitised. It was noted that the duration for Paper I and Paper II for all four subjects is 1 hour and 10 minutes. The reading time is 10 minutes.

While candidates are allowed to have a drink of water or liquid during the reading-writing time, they are not allowed to eat.

Also, emergency bathroom breaks must be facilitated with the candidate being accompanied by a supervisor or invigilator.