With the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) expected to be administered on August 4 and 5, the Ministry of Education has developed a booster programme to prepare students for the exams.
The launch of the programme was held yesterday at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), in Kingston, Georgetown, where the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said efforts are underway to ensure access across the country.
The programme was developed by the ministry in collaboration with its Guyana Learning Channel (GLC) department. Head of Guyana Learning Channel, Anieshaw Mohamed, who spearheaded the idea which was conceptualised by the Minister, said that the programme was developed by use of consolidated information and themes which would be attractive to students so they could focus and be able to learn better through the video broadcasts. The objective of the programme, she said, is to engage students through a replicated online version of the classrooms and locally trained teachers are the persons who will be teaching in the videos so that students may be familiarised with the language and way in which the teachers will provide the information.
