– MoE directs
THE Ministry of Education (MoE) on Wednesday directed Regional Education Officers across all regions that no public primary or secondary school is to conduct annual examinations in this year’s August term.
This is according to a memorandum sent out by the Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain, which stated that given the number of weeks of instructions already lost along with the limited number of weeks remaining, some decisions were made in relation to the end of the annual examinations.

Some of the decisions made include that no primary or secondary public schools are to conduct annual examinations in the August term of 2024.
As such, all schools are expected to conduct a continuous assessment in the current August term.

The directive further indicated that the end-of-year score for Grade Nine should not be the main criterion for streaming students into Grade 10 and, as such, consideration must be given to the student’s choice of stream.
Additionally, it was noted that the National Grade Five assessment will be administered as usual.

Earlier this week, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand while speaking on the current issue of the teachers’ strike, said that these disruptions to the education system will result in learning losses for students.
She said, “Any teacher who stays away from a classroom will cause some disruption and it will have a negative impact on the system and on children and we are concerned about that.”