{"id":305072,"date":"2023-07-10T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=305072"},"modified":"2023-07-10T00:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T04:28:56","slug":"education-minister-advises-parents-to-let-children-repeat-if-need-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/education-minister-advises-parents-to-let-children-repeat-if-need-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister advises parents to let children repeat if need be"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_305073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305073\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Alfred-e1688962862637.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"620\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-305073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Alfred<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parents are being advised to allow their son\/daughter to repeat grade six if that child received four E\u2019s in the Grade Six National Assessment (G6NA) this year.<\/p>\n<p>The advice came from Education Minister Octavia Alfred who was addressing a press conference held recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to advise parents that if their children are still young and the results are four E\u2019s in a row, I think the best thing is for us to send the children back to the primary school with a special program that the ministry will help to put together for them instead of moving them forward at 11 years with 4 E\u2019s,\u201d she advised. \u201cBecause sometimes we are busy to move them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alfred said the first option is always up to the parents, \u201cbut the advice is better they repeat grade six and beef-up their performance than moving on with 4 E\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This year, 872 students, (404 girls and 467 boys), wrote the exams across 63 centers around the island.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents are being advised to allow their son\/daughter to repeat grade six if that child received four E\u2019s in the Grade Six National Assessment (G6NA) this year. 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