{"id":110232,"date":"2020-05-08T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=110232"},"modified":"2020-05-08T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:31:11","slug":"dominica-students-will-write-grade-six-national-assessment-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dominica-students-will-write-grade-six-national-assessment-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"DOMINICA: Students will write Grade Six National Assessment Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students in Dominica are expected to write the Grade Six National Assessment (G6NA) Exams this year despite the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Assistant Chief Education Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Blaize, said during the Ministry of Education\u2019s \u2018Education in Action\u2019 Programme on Thursday morning that it is important for the students to write the exam.<\/p>

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\u201cDefinitely we will have a Grade Six National Assessment and there are several reasons why we should have a national assessment,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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One of the reasons, according to Dr. Blaize, is that the G6NA information is very useful to the school system, particularly the secondary schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other important reason,\u201d he continued, [is that] \u201cour students have been preparing and imagine students preparing for 7 years for an exam and there is that void, and more importantly, in the last two years, our students in grade 5 and 6 these students have put a lot of sleepless nights into preparations.\u201d<\/p>

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He said physiologically, a lot of the students are ready for the exams and therefore, \u201cyou don\u2019t want to disappoint them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The educational official said the necessary protocol will be followed in terms of social distancing in respect to Covid-19.<\/p>

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\u201cWe want to make sure that our students write an exam in an environment that is very safe, so it is important for us,\u201d he stated, adding that more on information on the protocols to be adopted by the Ministry of Education will be given to the public later.<\/p>

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\u201cWe will not compromise the authenticity of the exam, but we will ensure that it meets the needs of the education system,\u201d Dr. Blaize stated .<\/p>\n

The Assistant Chief Education Officer said he is confident that the students are able to make an added input when the need arises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very resilient,\u201d Dr. Blaize noted. \u201cProbably, the exam might even be much better for them than otherwise because they are looking forward to something.\u201d<\/p>\n

He gave the assurance that the necessary measures will be put in place before the students write the exam.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we will do though is to ensure that before they write the exams we will touch base with them,\u201d Blaize explained. \u201cI am sure we will have a forum where we will engage them, to ensure that they are ready, that no particular child is disadvantaged in terms of their whole experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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