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Hinterland pupils grapple with COVID, extra challenges but persisted at NGSA
By Vishani Ragobeer
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Hinterland pupils across Guyana had to grapple with an extra set of challenges when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and forced schools to close because of limited internet connectivity. Still,…
NGSA TOP PERFORMERS FOR 2021
NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT - 2021
CANDIDATES SECURING THE TOP TEN PLACES BY REGION
REGION # 1
NAME SCHOOL NAME MARKS School Awarded
Troy Roberts…
BREAKING: Chateau Margot primary, New Guyana tie for second place at NGSA
Paris Timmerman from the Chateau Margot primary school on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) and Deja Datt of the New Guyana Primary school in Georgetown both placed second at this year’s National Grade Assessment (NGSA). They both got 523…
BREAKING: Success Elementary girl tops NGSA
Nirvana Wimal is the top student of this year’s National Grade Assessment (NGSA). She is from the Success Elementary Primary school in Region Four. She got 524 marks.
This was announced by the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on…
NGSA pupils show gains in Social Studies, English; Maths, Science decreased
There was an increased pass rate recorded in the subjects of English and Social Studies among the 13, 821 pupils who wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in August of this year.
This was announced by the Director of Operations…
High level of absenteeism recorded at CXC exams; Manickchand laments uneven preparedness
While there were several initiatives implemented by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to make this year’s CSEC and CAPE examinations more flexible, there was still a high level of absenteeism recorded, according to the Director of…
Failure of CXC system resulted in ungraded results; teachers, students not at fault
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that teachers and students are not to be blamed for the ungraded results that have been recorded at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and Caribbean…
Guyana’s CSEC results higher than regional average; students topped 20 subjects
The performance of Guyanese candidates at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations has been better than the regional average according to Director of Operations at the Caribbean Examinations…
Guyana engaging CXC on ‘ungraded’ results again; top performers to be announced later
Ahead of the release of the results of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), Guyana has been engaging the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)…
CSEC: Improvement in ‘Maths’ for Guyanese candidates
Guyana has recorded a general improvement in the Mathematics subject at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
This was announced on Thursday morning by the Director of Operations at the…