No Berbician placed among the top performers at this year?s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) causing people to seek answers for what is seen as the region?s poor performance in these exams. During a press conference recently,[url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysmr.us@#$%&/]NFL Jerseys Supply[/url], Region Six Chairman David Armogan and Regional Education Officer, Shafiran Bhajan, said that while it is difficult to pin point a singular reason for this, they however said that the teachers and ?more so? the parents are to be blamed. Parents, the officials said, are not paying enough attention to their children?s education.Region Six top performers with the Region 6 Education officer and ChairmanPoor-performing schools,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]cheap jerseys nfl wholesale[/url], Armogan said, are being put under the microscope of the Department of Education.  ?We are going to increase supervision of these schools; we will be paying more attention to low- achieving schools to bring them in line with what they used to do before?.Many schools, particularly a few primary schools in Berbice, have dropped back in terms of performances. One such school is the Fort Ordnance School in Sheet Anchor, which performed exceedingly well several years ago, but this is not the case today.He noted that there are some schools that do not warrant many checks ?because they can work on their own, develop systems on their own and perform on their own?.The school system, Armogan revealed, has its own problems. ?Teachers might not be performing at the level required?. 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I think it is a question of full commitment of teachers and the children and more so the parents?.Bhajan said that classroom work has been heavily affected by teacher- absence, whether on specified leave or to attend classes at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UBGC).While it is good that teachers are furthering their studies at UGBC and becoming better qualified, ?for the past decade, we would have had between 70 and 80 teachers per year attending university for 45 per cent of the instructional time, sometimes for two days per week?.This, she said, would impact on the curriculum, ?because even though another teacher may try (to fill that absent teacher?s gap) or another teacher…you would find gaps?. This situation may have impacted this year?s poor NGSA results.?We have had more trained teachers and we see quality; equity in the system, so it has its plus and negative?.It was later revealed that the teacher-absenteeism was mostly affecting the primary school system. Secondary teachers are only released to attend UGBC, when they don?t have to teach classes in their schools, so there is minimal loss there.In the primary school system, there is one teacher for the entire class, whereas in the secondary schools, there are different teachers.Students, she said, would attend school and find teachers are not there. ? While she could not deny that these kinds of absences were not unauthorized absences, ?they are there?.It is a major concern, she said. She noted that the CPCE teachers? exams, this year, took place during the same time as the schools? annual promotional exams. This was a critical time for teachers to be in school to administer the exams, mark and record the marks, ?so these activities were highly compromised? due to the teachers having to go write their CPCE exams.The officials also stated that the Education Department in New Amsterdam is not authorized to give transfers to students who have just received their NGSA results. The Department of Education has been ?flooded? with parents seeking transfers, but Armogan made it clear that ?we are not authorized to transfer students with low marks to schools with higher marks?.Lateral transfers can be done, but only the Minister of Education can perform other kinds of transfers and she,[url=http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-br/]http://www.footlockershop.us@#$%&/Nike-roshe-one-br/[/url], too, has pronounced that she will not do those types of transfers, ?so students will have to take up their positions,[url=http://www.cheapjerseysnear.us@#$%&/]wholesale jerseys[/url], whichever schools they are allocated?.?If you have low marks and want to go to a high-achieving school,[url=http://www.cheapnfljerseysmr.us@#$%&/]Authentic NFL Jerseys Wholesale China[/url], you should have done better to go there,? Armogan stated.Photo in Thursday as berbicePhoto: Region Six top performers with the Region 6 Education officer and ChairmanPage 16