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EducationPrimary schoolers sit 2nd half of PSE

Today marked Day Two of the annual Primary School Examinations (PSE) for over 7,600 Standard 6 students from across the country who were tested, in this instance, on their knowledge in the subjects of Math and Social Studies.

When Amandala spoke to some of the students who had sat Part One on April 7th, a majority of the students mentioned that the English and Science exams were not as challenging as they had thought they would be, so today we ventured out to see what were their opinions on the structure of the final two exams.

We spoke to a range of students who told us how they felt about today’s exams.

Jalen Meighan of Holy Redeemer Primary School said, “I did a lot of evening classes and it helped me a lot, so it was easy”, and Davin Middleton, also of Holy Redeemer School said, “They were kind of challenging, but thankfully I went to Saturday classes every week.”

“It was okay, doable. My tutors helped me to prepare and I did extra classes”, said Keana Williams of Holy Redeemer, while Taylor Bradley of Belize Elementary School shared similar sentiments. She said, “It was very easy. I studied a lot and my teachers helped us.”

Nicole Bartakova, from Belize Elementary School told us, “It was easy but challenging at the same time, especially the Math problem solving.”

We also spoke to the Ministry of Education’s Itinerant Resource Officer, Lisa Clare, who told us about the composition of today’s test papers as well as about the importance of the PSE itself.

She said, “Today we had the Math and Social Studies multiple choice exams along with the Math Paper 2, which was problem solving. For the problem solving, there were 10 open-ended questions and each problem carried a certain number of points.”

According to Clare, students were assessed on arithmetic problems which involved order of operations, inverse proportions, hire purchase, calculation of utility bills, and measurement problems relating to time and area.

“For the Social Studies, the concept remained the same – we asked questions on organizations, resources, government, society, culture, transportation, and communication. There were 50 questions for Math and 50 for Social Studies”, explained Clare.

The education officer then emphasized that in reality, all primary school children do not get a chance to go to high school, therefore they pursue entry level jobs and the PSE provides them with proof of a certain level of formal education.

The results for all the PSE exams are expected to be released in early June.

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