Dugard Combined Tops Above National Mean Score In District 7 and Places 4th On Island.

           50% of Schools in District 7 Scored Below the National Mean in CEE 2019

It would not be a far-fetched idea to openly say that with the low numbers in the Grade 6 classes in District 7 one would expect most schools if not all to reach the National Mean of 60.09 – this was not to be  in 2019. Half of the 10 schools in the district scored below this mark.

The schools which scored above the Nation Mean in District 7 are shown in the table below:-

Place	School	Mean
1	Dugard Combined	70.15
2	Laborie Boys	69.42
3	Piaye Combined	67.43
4	Mongouge Combined	62.38
5	Roblot Combined	60.21

Here are some stats on the recently completed Common Entrance Examinations for District 7:

1.       One hundred and sixty-eight (168) students wrote the examinations

2.       Ninety students reached or scored above the National Mean

3.       District 7 scored an average mean of 60.52

4.       District 7 placed 4^th among the 8 districts island wide

The most improved schools in the district 7 are Laborie Boys, Piaye Combined, Banse, Mongouge Combined and Delcer Combined.

What are the reasons for the Banse Combined, Laborie Girls, Saltibus Combined, Rivere Doree Combined, and Reunion Primary not meeting the National Mean in the year’s Common Entrance Examinations? We can attribute this to many reasons. This post does not intend to list these reasons here but in summary the reasons

students get poor grades include external factors, such as the subject matter is too difficult, the teacher is hard to understand. Other reasons have to do with poor attitudes, such as didn't do homework and absenteeism. Finally, there are reasons related to personal issues, such as test anxiety and problems concentrating.

The stats clearly shows that 46% or approximately 78 students did not reach the National Mean. (Yet they are sent to a Secondary School…Gosh!)

Though a principal express her disappointment in her school's results she wnt on to say that the District Education Officer, Mrs Kay Nicholas, is quite satisfied with the overall results of  District 7. She went on to say that the DEO gave  lots of support  to the schools and initiated many programs to motivate the students.