Education Minister urges teachers to assist Grade 6 children to overcome weaknesses

After a virtual meeting with grade six teachers from across Guyana on Tuesday, the Education
Ministry (MoE) announced that the 2022 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations
will be held on July 6 and 7, 2022.
Minister, Priya Manickchand, pointed out that the dates could change depending on the COVID-
19 situation. The announcement comes on the heels of the recently released results of the 2021
examination. This year’s exams saw 11-year-old Nirvana Wimal of Success Elementary School
topping the country with 524 marks.
The education minister disclosed that the 2022 examination will be prepared like the 2021
examination covering topics up to the Grade Five level based on the consolidated curriculum.
She urged teachers to make a note of the students in their class who need textbooks so that they
can be sourced and provided. The minister also in her discussion with teachers reviewed ways in
how Guyana’s education system could enhance the performance of students at the sitting of the
examination next year. Minister Manickchand stressed upon teachers that work must be done to
move each child from where they are now to a much higher level as they prepare to write the
examination.
“Think of each student and devise a plan to assist each child based on their weaknesses. Our aim
is to ensure every secondary school child is prepared for secondary school. Please look at your
children with a different eye so that you can prepare your children to enjoy a better life in the
future,” Manickchand said.
The Education Minister during the meeting said that similar to what obtained for the 2021
NGSA, CXC will prepare the 2022 examination. This, she said will see them supervise its
administration, mark the scripts, conduct quality checks and will also conduct consequential
reviews if requested.
She said that the Council’s involvement in some of these areas was done for the first time this
year and will continue in the years to come to offer age-appropriate examinations that are fairly
and transparently marked. She added that it will also bear the CXC mark of integrity for which
the examining body is renowned across the world.