By Joel Julien joel.julien@trinidadexpress.com
TODAY is the day.
The results of the 2013 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination are scheduled to be released this morning.
And the over 18,000 pupils who wrote this year’s exam are hoping to match the success of Rebecca-Ann Jattan from last year.
Jattan, who was a pupil of Canaan Presbyterian school in Duncan Village at the time, was named the top performing SEA pupil for 2012.
Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh is expected to visit the top three pupils today.
“Principals have been instructed to collect results from District Offices at 8 a.m. for distribution to parents/students of their respective schools at 9 a.m. (today),” a release from the Education Ministry stated yesterday.
A total of 18,039 pupils wrote the May 9 exam, which comprised of Language Arts and Mathematics.
This year’s examination was not without its fair share of controversy as concerns were raised about a specific question on the Mathematics paper.
Question 35 stated: “$8.25 was shared between Pam and her sister Rita in proportion to their ages.
Pam is 12 years old and Rita is 8 years old.
(a) Express their ages as a ratio in its SIMPLEST form. (1 mark)
(b) Calculate the amount of money EACH girl receives. (2 marks)”.
The controversial question was eventually excluded from the assessment of pupils following complaints from teachers, principals and parents that ratio and proportion were not part of the syllabus.
The format for release of the results will remain the same as last year with placement slips from the school, the ministry’s website at www.moe.gov.tt and text messages.
For those receiving text messages, the information will include the name of the school, the pupil, as well as the date of registration for the school.
A link on the ministry’s website will take users to a results page where candidates and their parents can access results either by entering the name of the primary school attended or the names of the secondary schools selected as their choices.
Congrats to all SEA students!!!!
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