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The final sitting of the Grade Six Acheivement Test (GSAT) has ended on a disappointing note as there was a decline in performance by students in Mathematics.
It decreased from 62.4 per cent last year to 61.2 per cent.
Speaking at a media briefing Tuesday afternoon, Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid attributed the decline to issues relating to addition and subtraction.
He said this was detected when the group sat the Grade Four numeracy test.
"In order to evaluate the progress students had made, a grade six mock exam was developed and administered in September 2017 to evaluate the impact of the interventions to that point and to ensure the approach moving forward was targeted to the specific needs of students and schools," Mr. Reid revealed.
"The fact that the cohort was able to perform at a level comparable to that of the students who sat the examinations last year, indicates that was a significant growth in their understanding of the areas of weaknesses which had been identified," he pointed out.
All other subject areas recorded improvements.
Science and Communication Task had the largest increases with 7.9 and 5.5 per cent, respectively.
Some 39,510 students sat the exams in March.
A total of 759 students were absent.
The Ministry said all students who sat the exam were placed in high schools.
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