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Education Minister meets Region 5 top National Grade Six Assessment scorers

Georgetown, GINA, June 30, 2012 -- Source - GINA

 

Following the disclosure of the National Grade Six Assessment results, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has been reaching out to schools, to congratulate students and meet with parents and teachers.

 

Minister Manickchand today met with Region 5 top 10 candidates, their parents, well wishers, classmates and teachers at the Karamat Primary School, Mahaicony Creek, Region Five.

       
Minister Manickchand while addressing the gathering at a simple ceremony to honour the top 10 students of the region, underscored the importance of education for Guyana’s future development. 

 

The country’s education system, she said under several People’s Progressive Party Civic administrations, has been drastically transformed as a result of the introduction of prudent policies and programmes.     

                   Education Minister Priya Manickchand sharing a light moment with Region Five top 10 students who excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment, at the Karamat Primary School, Mahaicony Creek.

 

Testimony of successful outcomes of these programmes, she said is improved results of students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.


The National Grade Six Assessment results show the equitable spread of successful candidates from the across the country.

     
“We are very pleased that we did not see top students only coming from central Georgetown or from a concentrated area from the country. We have every single region securing a place in the top 100 positions in the country,” Minister Manickchand said.


Against this background, she urged parents and guardians to be more involved in their children’s life.     

 

“If you want your children to succeed in life you have to play an active role in their life now…be responsible parents…the Government cannot come into your homes and tell you when you should or should not allow your children to watch television or how much they can watch and how long… this is where responsible parenthood comes in,” Minister Manickchand.

    


Education Minister Priya Manickchand presents a gift to Region Five top Student, Andrew Edmon Persaud who excelled at the National Grade Six Assessment

 

She also used the opportunity to inform the gathering about the many other programmes being carried out in the education system to ensure that every child is afforded the opportunity to acquire an education, including the school feeding and uniform programmes and distribution of exercise and text books.         

 

She also elaborated on the investments being made by the administration annually to train more teachers, upgrade educational facilities and acquire new teaching materials.  

 

Minister Manickchand also presented the students gifts.      

 

The top 10 students of Region Five are: Edmon Persaud with 531 (Mortice Primary); Vevekeanan Ramnarace  525, Neatra Ramdeem 523, and Gitanjal Ramdat 522 all of Novar Primary; Achaica Bowman 520  (Hopetown Primary);  Emola Thom 518 and  Marissa Arjune 515 of Cotton Tree Primary, Hosea Nedd and Ariela Webster with 515 each, both of  Hopetown Primary and Andrea Lucas 514 of Rosignol Primary.

         
The National Grade Six Assessment was written on April 4-5, 2012 by 17,138 students at the primary level.


Prior to the examination, candidates would have also written the National Assessment in Grade 2 in 2008 and, Grade 4 in 2010.

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