Eighty per cent of the 39,689 grade-six students exiting the primary-school system have been placed in one of their preferred high schools.
Minister of Education Karl Samuda indicated that a further 16 per cent of students had been placed at a secondary institution near to their current primary school, while the remaining four per cent had been placed by home addresses.
“After using several statistical models to test the multiple scenarios, the most equitable weighting for the placement of students in 2020 is as follows: grade four, 30 per cent; for grade five, we attributed 20 per cent; and grade six, 50 per cent,” Samuda said during a digital press conference this morning.
He added that in 2019 and 2020, 60 per cent of the students represented the national average.
Placement results will be available at schools today at 2 p.m., and parents will be able to access results online Click here at 4 p.m.
* Eighty-four per cent of students on the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education were placed in a school of their choice.
