Yesterday, Monday 24 June 2019, the Ministry of Education (MINERD) announced the start of the National Examinations for 132,125 students starting on 25 June in around 900 schools across the country. The students will be tested in Spanish, mathematics, social science and natural sciences.
Ancell Scheker, director of Quality Evaluation at the Ministry of Education, said that the exams would assess how much the students had learned and would account for 30% of the mark needed to proceed to the next grade.
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25 June 2019