With Guyana’s CSEC and National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results expected to be released between late August and early September, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that the ministry will not be moving away from the practice of publicly naming the top performers.
Over the years, there has been a growing call for the ministry to move away from the practice, with observers citing the inequity of the education sector. Hinterland schools in Guyana are severely disadvantaged as well as some schools on the coastland.
Recently, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly announced that the twin island republic will be moving away from publicly ranking schools and performers for the Secondary School Entrance (SEA) examinations. The move came after the county recorded poor performance at the examination owing to learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic.
