There was a sharp rise in the Mathematics performance at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and improvements in the three other subject areas, according to the results released yesterday, but more than 50% of the 13,329 pupils who wrote the exams were still unable to pass three of the four subjects taken.
In presenting this year’s NGSA results, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Marcel Hutson noted that while the pass rate in each subject improved, the most improved subject was mathematics, which recorded an increase of over 30% in the number of students gaining 50% and more. This year, 45.6% of the students who wrote this subject were able to achieve this feat. Additionally, 54.1% of students passed English, 46.3% passed Science and 47.6% passed Social Studies.
Notably, the top student earned 524 out of a possible 529 marks, while the
