NGSA results expected by June 26 – Manickchand

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has announced that the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2025 are expected to be released on or before June 26, 2025.

More than 15,000 pupils across Guyana sat the NGSA examinations on April 16 and 17, during which they were tested in four subjects, namely, Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies.

Speaking after the successful completion of the two-day examination, Minister Manickchand assured students and parents that the Ministry is committed to predictability and transparency in the results timeline.

“Your results are due on or before the 26th of June 2025, and we’re being very predictable. We want you to know so that you’re not anxious or wondering or begging or having to have inside knowledge.”

“The assessment was set by CXC (Caribbean Examination Council), it is being marked and computed, and placement and all that are being done as usual by the Caribbean Examinations Council,” she noted.

This year, the Ministry of Education reported a record-high attendance rate of 98%, the best turnout since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to Manickchand, a total of 15,813 students were registered to write the two-day national examinations, and of that number, 15,497 showed up for the assessment.

Among those sitting the exams were 115 students with Special Education Needs (SEND) and, notably, 91 students wrote the assessments in Spanish — a historic first introduced last year.

The Minister has expressed optimism that the students will be placed in suitable schools, noting that no matter the outcome, they will be supported by the Government in secondary school with a range of options to help them succeed.

“We have taken our country to a place where we’ll have more high schools than we’ve ever had in the country by September coming. And by mid-next year, we’ll have universal secondary education across Guyana.”

“And that means that all over Guyana, children of secondary age are going to be able to access a secondary school and a distinct secondary school to access the various subjects that we’re offering. We are very, very, very happy about that. It’s a moment for me, it’s a moment for the country,” the minister noted.