Private primary schools in St. George’s dominated the first ten positions in the annual 2013 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), which was held on May 17, 2013 and is used to determine the number of students that will be provided the opportunity to move on to secondary schools when the new school year commences in September 2013.
Fadia Fakhre, Zoei Olliverre and Enya Noel – the top three students who scored 498, 492 and 490 points respectively – are all students of Westmorland Primary and they will be moving to the secondary department of the school.
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| Top student, Fadia Fakhre. |
Fourth and fifth was Thabo Antoine scoring 488 points and Ayana Taylor scoring 486 of First Choice Primary and they will be attending the Presentation Brothers’ College (PBC) and St. Joseph Convent St. George’s respectively.
The position for sixth was tied with both students scoring 484 points. Christian Chow Chung of Beacon Junior will be receiving secondary education at the Beacon Secondary, while Ali Noel of St. Andrew RC will be moving to PBC.
The four other students in the top 11 positions scored 482 points. They are Aishwarya Gilkes and Ruth Vaccianna of Beacon Junior Primary and they will be moving to St. Joseph Convent, St. George’s; Peter McBurnie, of South St. George, who will be moving to PBC; and Danique Herry of St. George’s SDA and she will be moving to Anglican High School.
In the overall report, the Ministry of Education said that the Internal aspect of the CPEA commenced September, 2012 and culminated on Friday, May 17, 2013 with the external component of the Assessment. The examination was opened to all students who were 11, but not yet 14 years of age on September 1, 2013.
The CPEA comprised two components: Internal Assessment (40% of total score) and External Assessment (60% of total score).
Features of the internal assessment included Project; Book Report; Writing Portfolio; Self-assessment; Practice in “Can-do” skills in: English, Mathematics, Science, and Civics; and Teacher-made test in English, Mathematics, Science and Civics.
The external component consisted of three multiple choice papers in Mathematics, English and Science.
A total of 1 748 students were registered for the CPEA; this included 889 males and 859 females. However, from this total, 1 734 students sat the external component (final exam) and 1 740 participated in the internal component.
One thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine (1 699) students were assigned to secondary schools throughout Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. This included 852 and 847 females. The 41 students who will be retained at the Grade 6 level will experience special ‘Diagnosis and Intervention’, leading to an individualised plan being developed for each child. Input will also come from selected Literacy and Mathematics Specialists, at the school level. The entire process and student progress will be closely monitored by the technical staff of the Ministry of Education.
In 2012, 1 722 students sat the CPEA, and were all assigned to a secondary school.
The highest score attained in the Assessment was 498 out of a maximum possible score of 500. The national mean was 63.26 and the standard deviation 16.71. This is an improvement as compared to 2012’s national mean of 57.85.
All primary and secondary schools will be provided with the list of students assigned to each secondary school and the candidates’ performance profiles as indicated by the raw scores.
In the external component, students performed best in Science. Out of a total possible score of one hundred (100) marks, the National Mean in Mathematics was 56.45, in English was 58.91 and in Science was 64.30.
The maximum possible score for the internal assessment was 100. In the internal component, students performed best in Civics, followed by English, Science and Mathematics.
One thousand, three hundred and seventy (1 370) students attained 50% or more in CPEA, while 378 obtained scores below 50% in the Assessment.
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