AN improved assessment system must be in place so that Grade 8 and 10 examinations can be phased out to give students an opportunity to complete education up to Grade 12, an official says.
These examinations would eventually be replaced by a standard based assessment system which would assess students’ performances and award certificates of achievement but not for selection into Grade 9 or Grade 11. Acting Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra said that following some misreporting and to clarify the Education ministry’s intention to abolish Grade 8 and 10 examinations for selection purposes over the next six years. “Grade 12 education will be the minimum education for every child. The tuition fee-free policy underpins this intent of the Government, for our people and our country. “The examination system in PNG and around the world is an integral part of the educative process of education and training. “Examinations are necessary in our school system to find out the real knowledge, skills and talents of the students. “We know the capability and the skill of a student only through examinations. “Hence, the learning that takes place in schools will always be assessed through internal school assessment systems guided by internal school assessment policies or external examinations (or standards examinations) at different phases of learning,” Dr Kombra said. He said the current legacy ‘of drop out’ must be stopped to give every student an opportunity to move from Elementary Prep to Grade 12, and this strategic policy decision that is overdue. “The department is undertaking a critical analysis of the abolishment of the examinations for selection purposes and based on this analysis will establish the detailed timeframe to implement this direction. “The elimination of Grade 8 and then Grade 10 examinations for ‘selections’ purposes will start with some provinces in 2016,” Kombra said.
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