June 27, 2018
No Foreign Language Testing Under PEP!
GLEANER: The fears of parents, teachers and children that the Primary Exit Profile Examination (PEP) would interrogate primary-school children's knowledge of foreign language has been allayed by the Ministry of Education,…
June 27, 2018
McLean: No Parental Aid – PEP Performance Task Will Challenge Students To Apply Knowledge
GLEANER: The performance task component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) seeks to minimise parental interference and allow students to apply analytical skills to make sense of the world around them…
June 26, 2018
Green To Appoint Board Of Visitors For Children’s Facilities
GLEANER: State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, is to appoint an advisory council and boards of visitors for residential childcare facilities, following the completion of…
June 26, 2018
Ministry Understands Parents’ PEP Anxieties
GLEANER: Chief Education Officer Dr Grace McLean is assuring the public that education officials - being parents - are cognisant of the anxieties surrounding the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) and, therefore,…
June 26, 2018
PEP To Place Students On Suitable Learning Pathway – Officials
GLEANER: The Primary Exit Profile (PEP) will equip educators with data on students, especially slow learners, to better facilitate their transition into the high-school system, according to officials from the Ministry…