REdO believes that Region can improve on recent NGSA performance

Regional Education Officer (REdO) for Region Three, Annesta Douglas strongly believes that
her region can do much better than it did recently at the 2020 NGSA exams.
Douglas was at the time speaking to www.aroundtheregions.com, where she disclosed that the
region improved in every subject area with the students making a twenty percent jump
improvement in Social Studies.
“We did much better than last year, but I believe that we can do better and despite the challenges
posed by COVID 19, the students improved overall,” she said.
Douglas who has been serving as REdO for the past few years declared that she is working
closely with all the primary schools within her region as they seek avenues to improve. She
related that her region secured 13 students within their Regional Top Ten, with nine of those
earning places at the prestigious Queens College.
She, however, noted that there were numerous challenges and while in the other subject areas
there were a slight improvement, she feels that considering the various challenges, the
improvements are noteworthy. “Some of the main challenges that we faced were the examination
time in terms of the invigilating and the overall challenges that COVID 19 posed to everyone.
These students were home from March to July, which is almost five months, so you can
understand that not only the students were under pressure but also their parents and teachers,”
she said.
She pointed out that when one was to examine the collective performances of the region, it is one
that the region can be proud of. “I mean we would have like to improve more but considering
everything it was a good performance overall as we achieved a 50.2 percent pass rate across the
region,” she related.
The Region Three Education Officer disclosed that for 2019 despite the region securing second
place behind Georgetown overall, this year they secured third overall with Georgetown coming
in first again and Region Ten snatching the second spot. She disclosed that Region Four being
East Coast and East Bank secured the fourth position behind them.
Comparing this year’s performance to last year Douglas said that there continues to be
improvement but like Social Students and Science she wants greater improvements. “The
teachers supported by the parents are helping in a significant way with regards to the students.
Therefore, we remain confident that the students once given the continued support and
environment will continue to excel,” she expressed with confidence.
Regarding the performances, for mathematics, the REdO pointed out that in 2019 they secured
41%, with this year the students returning 43%. Last year they secured 62% in English and in
2020 they achieved 63%. The performance for Science saw a five percent increase this year as
last year it was 41%, while in 2020 they returned with 46%. The biggest jump came with Social
Studies as they managed 36% last year coming in with 56% this year.