1,086 students to sit Grade 6 National Assessment this week

1,086 students will sit the Grade 6 National assessment on Thursday and Friday this week.

537 girls and 549 boys are set to write the exams.

This number represents a slight increase of 3% from last year when 1,058 students sat the exams.

The examinations are set to begin at 8am at 53 centres around the island.

On day 1 students will be tested on Language Arts and Social Studies while on day 2 Mathematics and Science will be administered.

With the exception of Language Arts, all exams will be single multiple choice papers.

​The language arts examination will consist of 2 components, a 60 item multiple choice paper and a composition paper.