The Ministry of Education has announced that the Performance Tasks examinations for Grade 4 and Grade 5 students have been postponed until the latter half of the Christmas term of the upcoming academic year, which starts in September.
The Ministry of Education, in a report stated that the decision to push back the exams was as a result of consultations with key stakeholders and psychometricians.
The Grade 5 Performance Tasks examinations were previously scheduled for June 18 and 19 and the Grade 4 examinations for June 29 and 30. The education ministry outlined that students who are currently in Grade 4 and will be transitioning to Grade 5 will be required to sit the Grade 5 Performance Tasks exam on the date to be announced in the first term of the new school year, However, students who are currently in Grade 5 that will be transitioning to Grade 6 and students who deferred the sitting of the Grade 6 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) for this school year will also be required to sit the Grade 5 Performance Tasks exam.
The ministry further stated that due the disruption in the education sector as a result the COVID-19 pandemic, it will use the diagnostic tests to help in determining the learning losses and gaps.
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