Roseau, Dominica- May 31st, 2023: The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training, and National Excellence will administer the annual GradeSix National Assessment (G6NA) on Thursday, June 1st and Friday, June 2nd, 2023. This year, 872 students, (404 girls and 467 boys), will be assessed across 63 centers around the island. The exams are set to begin at 7:45 a.m. each day.
On Thursday, June 1st, students will write the Language Arts and Social Sciences papers, while on Friday 2nd, they will write the Mathematics, Science and Technology components. All papers are multiple-choice format except the Language Arts Paper 2, which will be an essay-writing assessment.
As is customary, the Ministry of Education requests that individuals not directly involved with the examinations avoid being on the compound of any testing center while the examinations are in progress.
The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence wishes every student success in the assessments.
At the age of nine and ten, a child should be a child, and not a student sitting exams in Language Arts, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Perhaps the recently touted “Education Reform” will put an end to this form of child abuse.
My Commentaries “Life Beyond Common Entrance” and “My School Report” are relevant.
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