Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday said that the Grades Two, Four and Nine assessments will not be administered because it would be impractical to assess students at this time.
Following the Education Ministry’s press release informing the public of the Ministry’s plan to cancel the administration of the National Grades Two, Four and Nine Assessments for the academic year September 2019 to July 2020, this newspaper contacted Manickchand who said that the assessments which are usually used for evaluating whether the students have grasped all concepts taught during the school year, will not be written this year because the Ministry finds it to be impractical since a lot would have been missed while the students are at home.