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Minister of Education Fayval Williams has announced PEP Exam dates for 2023

Minister of Education Fayval Williams has announced that preparations for the 2023 Primary Exit Profile, PEP, examinations are far advanced. Speaking during her back-to-school message on Sunday, the minister says the National Standards Curriculum is vital in getting students ready for the assessments.     Education minister, Fayval Williams. Grade-six students are scheduled to sit…

2022 PEP Performance-Based Test cancelled, Ability Test postponed

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Performance-Based Test component of the grade six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, which was scheduled for March 22 and 24, has been cancelled, according to the Ministry of Education. The decision was made during an emergency meeting with members of the National Standards Curriculum/PEP Monitoring Committee held last Friday, February 11.  …

PEP Ability Test 2021 Examination is May 26

The new date for the examination is May 26. Other PEP changes: 1. There will be no Performance Task exam 2. There will be no curriculum-based test 3. Placement for high schools will be done using the Ability Test scores combined with the 2019 Grade 4 Primary Exit Profile scores.

PEP exams for grade six students start Feb 23, 2021

KINGSTON, Jamaica— For the academic year 2020/2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) intends to administer the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) at grade 6 using the usual approach, guided by COVID-19 protocols. These students’ profiles will comprise grade 4 PEP done in 2019, and the grade 6 components to be done in 2021,…

Final PEP 2020 Exams Scrapped

Grade six students displaced by coronavirus restrictions will not sit the remaining components of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams but will be placed in secondary schools on a mix of current and past results. At the same time, the Government has made a decision to continue online learning until July 3, with the physical…

COVID-19 stalls PEP

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams have been stalled because of COVID-19. Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Alando Terrelonge made the announcement during a COVID-19 digital townhall for children and youth this afternoon. While Terrelonge used the word “cancelled”, he also said, “We are looking at…

PEP Exam Dates 2020

Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Ability Test – February 25, 2020 Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Performance Task – March 19 and 20, 2020 Primary Exit profile (PEP) CBT – April 23 and 24, 2020 Grade 5 Performance Task – May 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2020 Grade 4 Performance Task – June 25 and 26, 2020

Grade 4 Primary School Students To Sit PEP Exams June 25 – 26, 2020

Grade 4 primary school students who are preparing to transition to secondary level education will sit their component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) on Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, 2020, in Language Arts and Mathematics Performance Tasks. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has issued a bulletin informing that these Grade…

PEP Exams Grade 4 Dates

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Grade four students across the island will sit the first official Primary Exit Profile (PEP) Grade Four Performance Task test today and tomorrow (May 30 and 31). A release from acting chief education officer, Winnie Berry, said that sample questions are available on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s official PEP…

PEP Performance Task Pushed Back to March 2019

The Performance Task aspect of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), previously scheduled for December, has been pushed back to March 2019. The Ability Test and Curriculum-Based Test components will be conducted in February 2019 and April 2019, respectively, as previously scheduled. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure…

Ministry official says mechanisms in place to safeguard integrity of PEP

THE Ministry of Education says that structural mechanisms have been put in place to safeguard the integrity of the in-school assessment component of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP). The issue was raised at this week’s Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange, where officials from the ministry explained that the performance task component of PEP will be developed…

PEP Grade 6 Component Schedule

Grade 6 Components Time Performance Task (Mathematics and Language Arts) – November   –  December Ability Test  –  February Curriculum Based Test (Mathematics, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies)       – April

Ministry of Education info on PEP

FAQs Updated.pdf Schedule of PEP Town Hall Meetings.docx Primary Exit Profile Public Consultation Presentation.pdf MOEYI_PEP_Brochure_Middle Spread_draft_IV.pdf MOEYI_PEP_Brochure_Front+Back Spread_draft_V.pdf

Grade-Five Students to Do PEP Mock Exams in June

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, has announced that grade-five students will sit the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) grade-six mock examinations in June. In an interview with JIS News, Senator Reid said all the necessary arrangements have already been made for students islandwide to sit the examinations, of which they…

2017 Ranking of Jamaica Top High Schools

2017 Ranking of Jamaica Top High Schools Campion College (100%) 2017 ranking: 1 2016 ranking: 2 Immaculate Conception High (99.9%) 2017 ranking: 2 2016 ranking: 1 Montego Bay High School for Girls (98.2%) 2017 ranking: 3 2016 ranking: 3 Westwood High (97.7%) 2017 ranking: 4 2016 ranking: 7 Hampton High (97.09%) 2017 ranking: 5 2016…

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Bulletin: MOCK/PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADE 4 AND GRADE 6

Bulletin 159/2016 GENERAL “Every Child Can Learn… Every Child Must Learn” ATTENTION: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMEN AND PRINCIPALS OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS SUBJECT: MOCK/PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS FOR GRADE 4 AND GRADE 6. _____________________________________________________________________________ Dear Colleagues: In an effort to provide additional support to principals, teachers and students in the preparation for the Grade…

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