Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is assuring the public that the changes to the layout of the Grade 6 examinations will have no adverse effects on the students who will be writing the exam at the end of the month.
In an invited comment Sam explained to Stabroek News that the changes which include a request for students to write their names on the answer sheets are for administrative purposes and have no bearing on the marking process.
“It is a failsafe mechanism. In the event that there is an error in the written candidate number this is a backup mechanism to verify to whom the paper belongs. In the event that a candidate writes a 6 instead of a 0 or we are unable to differentiate between the
