AFTER weeks of uncertainty following Hurricane Melissa, school administrators are welcoming the Ministry of Education’s decision to revise the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), saying the changes give students a fairer opportunity to perform after widespread disruption to learning. Principal of Vaz Preparatory School Karlene Bisnott-Hemmings told the Jamaica Observer on Wednesday that the revised assessment framework recognises…

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Beginning in 2026, grade-six students taking the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams will face fewer testing days with Mathematics and Language Arts assessments, as they will be condensed into single-day sittings under new changes. This was announced by Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, during a Back-to-School Conference for…

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The revised dates for administration of the tests are: Ability Test, Thursday, February 20, 2025; Performance Task Tests – Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (Language Arts), and Thursday, March 20, 2025 (Mathematics); Curriculum-Based Tests – Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (Language Arts and Science), and Thursday, May 1, 2025

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Grade six students across Jamaica received their results from the Primary Exit Profile examinations (PEP), today June 23, 2023

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