Two-thirds of the top one percent of students who sat this year’s National Grade Six examination are from private schools.
The results released yesterday by the Ministry of Education show that 102 of the 158 students who make up the top 1% have been educated at 18 private schools across the country. This represent 64.6% of the country’s top performers. The remaining 56 or 35.4 students are shared among 35 public schools
Of the 18 private schools whose students have scored in the top 1%, Success Elementary has the highest number at 20 followed by Academy of Excellence with 17 students and Mae’s Under 12 with 15 students.
