Why Are Bahamian Students Failing
Why are Bahamian Students Failing?
Hyly Moss
Professor Janet Donnelly
Eng120
College of The Bahamas
Hyly Moss
000-05-8435
College Of The Bahamas
Professor: Janet Donnelly
1st Draft Documented Essay
Why are Bahamian students failing national examinations?
Like most countries in the world, Bahamian students take national examinations to make them certify, eligible to enroll into certain colleges, be place according to grades into certain homeroom classes that range from highest to lowest, required to acquire a passable job from certain government and private agencies, and gain a passable grade to go to a higher level course or simply join an organization i.e. police cadets. In the Bahamas there are three national exams that students must complete in order to be well qualified for the other grade level or step in life. These exams include the G.L.A.T, Bahamas Junior Certificate (B.J.C), and Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (B.G.C.S.E). The Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education exam was introduced in May 1993 in accordance with the British Empire changing of its own grading schemes. Its implementation was seen as a necessary step away from the dependence of the educational system on foreign testing. For the first time Bahamian educators were able to have input on exam format and unlike prior examinations all students were free to be tested regardless of the school they attended. Every year thousands of Bahamian high school students sit the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education examination.
According to Massey (2008)“In 2006 4,526 students from 90 separate schools wrote the BGCSE exam in mathematics …59% of the total grades are to the right of the “D” grade (“Es” + “Fs” + “Gs” + “Us”).For our students who are educated in the correct way by the best teachers in the world should not be receiving poor grades in national examinations.
Hyly Moss
Professor Janet Donnelly
Eng120
College of The Bahamas
Hyly Moss
000-05-8435
College Of The Bahamas
Professor: Janet Donnelly
1st Draft Documented Essay
Why are Bahamian students failing national examinations?
Like most countries in the world, Bahamian students take national examinations to make them certify, eligible to enroll into certain colleges, be place according to grades into certain homeroom classes that range from highest to lowest, required to acquire a passable job from certain government and private agencies, and gain a passable grade to go to a higher level course or simply join an organization i.e. police cadets. In the Bahamas there are three national exams that students must complete in order to be well qualified for the other grade level or step in life. These exams include the G.L.A.T, Bahamas Junior Certificate (B.J.C), and Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (B.G.C.S.E). The Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education exam was introduced in May 1993 in accordance with the British Empire changing of its own grading schemes. Its implementation was seen as a necessary step away from the dependence of the educational system on foreign testing. For the first time Bahamian educators were able to have input on exam format and unlike prior examinations all students were free to be tested regardless of the school they attended. Every year thousands of Bahamian high school students sit the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education examination.
According to Massey (2008)“In 2006 4,526 students from 90 separate schools wrote the BGCSE exam in mathematics …59% of the total grades are to the right of the “D” grade (“Es” + “Fs” + “Gs” + “Us”).For our students who are educated in the correct way by the best teachers in the world should not be receiving poor grades in national examinations.
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