Officials of the Ministry of Education were tight-lipped about the identities of the top performing pupils yesterday as final preparations were being made to announce the results of 2015 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). Reports are thatMinister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarainethe identities of the top performers have not even been revealed to some senior education officials.This development suggests that there was an internal ‘gag order’ preventing any Ministry official from disclosing even the Education District of the top performers ahead of the official announcement today.The 2015 results will be announced by recently appointed Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine.The results, the Ministry in a statement issued last week said,NFL Jerseys Cheap Authentic, will be unveiled during a televised press conference at the Kingston, Georgetown, National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).While pupils from the Georgetown District have often led the list of top performing candidates,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, there have been occasions that out of town pupils performed exceptionally too.In recent years too, private school pupils have been claiming the top performing place. Last year it was Jorrel DeSantos of the privately operated New Guyana School who was named the top performer with a score of 533. The previous year it was Salma Majeed, a pupil of yet another private school, the ISA Islamic Academy,nfl jerseys china, who copped the top spot with a score of 548. A year earlier it was a private school (Mae’s) pupil, Sachin Ghir,China Jerseys Free Shipping, who took the lead with a score of 547. Sharing the coveted top spot that year was Michael Bhopaul of Graham’s Hall primary.And there have been concerns vocalised about the varying scores that top performing pupils have secured over the years. This saw former Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand,jerseys nfl wholesale, last year attempting to clarify the state of affairs. She pointed out that while the highest possible score in 2014 was 540, in 2013 it was 560 and 563 in 2012.Moreover, last year she observed that “this year people got 530 something and they topped the country but it depends on how many children write the examination, the standardisation formula and a number of factors that have changed over time.”Candidates of the NGSA are required to undertake assessments in the subject areas of Mathematics, English Language, Social Studies and Science and the scores of these are added to help make up the final score. The total NGSA score is a combination of the NGSA and the Grades Two and Four Assessments. This translates to five per cent of each candidate’s Grade Two score in Mathematics and English and 10 per cent of the Grade Four Score in the same subjects being added to 85 per cent of each candidate’s score.? The combined scores in Mathematics and English are added to the scores gained in Science and Social Studies.Approximately 15,200 candidates wrote the NGSA this year.This assessment is one that serves as the placement examination offered at the end of the primary cycle to determine?at which secondary school each child will be placed. Four subjects are usually assessed, namely English Language, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Each subject consists of two papers. English Language and Science were administered on April 1,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, 2015 while Mathematics and Social Studies were done on April?? 2, 2015.