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' MUNISTIRY OF IEOUCATBOIM
CIRCULAR NO. 8/2009
REF.N0.21214

!FROM: Chief Education Officer

TO: Deputy Chief Education Officers

Assistant Chief Education Officers
Coordinator, School Board Secretariat
t-leads of Education Departments, Regions 1 & 1 0 and Georgetown
Coordinators/Directors of Education Projects
Principals of Institutions
Headteachers of Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools, Heads
of Practical Instructional Centres

DATE: 20th May. 2010

SUBJECT: Go-ada RepetitiowiRemntion and Automatic Prom@il:ioD'll

(Amendment)

Units effort to ensure that ali students experience an acceptable &evel of success
from nursery to secondary level, the Ministry of Education has reviewed its policy on
repetition, retention and automatic promotion.

No repetition shall take place at the nursery. primary nor- secl!.'llli''Dql~rv Bevels with
effect from th~'!£ school year commencing September 2010 ..
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The emphasis of every school must be on prevention and ~ intervention
rather than wailing until chronic pattems of school failure and frustration become
evident.

In this ll"e~afl"d, the most con1petent teacher must bot~~ placed irro !:,ie i81ce2ti0,!1 YJ
class/ grades ·- year one, grade one and seven.

In addition, the teaching staff must consciously teach studentr~

i:o master fluencyt;}
in the language of instruc~ion, particularly at the nursery level and the preparato~
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division.

The schc@U il'apo~ which follow the national assessm~ntf.:.; ro;r gr~des 2, 4, 6 ~ ,
and 9 and the CSEC ~port mu~be fully utilized to con(~I!Jlc'lt '<IJ.wi!'lf'ective and ( I /
tremedial activiities with tll-ae inbntion of improving studernt !Pl~'t'l"'J0'1itiJtlUJ.!Il'llCe at the
rrespective grrade~.

Bt is therefoll'e <::-tdvised ihat aiU education departments musll: ~t~ru~ue-~t"'» ll.5'!ll0llt a strong ·
remediation pll'iog:am!"e is i~piemen~d at eac~ school !clu1Stf@if <t)l\l' ::1iPFl.l:houl8 during @
the August vac&~~i!:iion an Roadmg. English and Mathematics to ~~o1l"c•&.·~* itlhe relevant
deficiencies. B!iti the case of the pupils who would have coll'!<~:p.~cSf~lid tn~ I'Mational
Gt-ade Six M1.'ih~>Witrillent Sllllch a remediation IJUogmmme m!!.ll~t e~~~~'lWeenee during
the August tGtf'Uir~ .

It is also advi~:HC:'fj
.. that all school administrators and officia,~·s o11' t he respective
departments of nducation make ·full use of the guidelines whidt <i1n:-. rll'Uached to this
circular.

This circular tai(es immediate effect and amends circular # ~!/1:00;~~.

 Kindly bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all members of staff,
Parent Teachers' Association and the student body. Your members of staff must affix
their signature and the date, as requested for every circular.

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Geneveive. Whyte-Nedd

For lnfonnation
c. Permanent Secr~tary Minister of Education
Regional Executive Officers
Regions 1 -10 1
Secretary, Teact"-ing Service Commission
General Secretary, Guyana Teachers' Union
Director, NCERD
PTA, Coordinatdr
Chief School's Welfare Officer
Administrator, U'nit of Allied Atts
Principal. CPCE,1 NA Tl, L Tl, ETI, GITC, Carnegie School of Home Economics
Central Registry