18,889 pupils sit SEA today; TTUTA optimistic of good performances this year

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18,889 pupils sit SEA today; TTUTA optimistic of good performances this year

18,889 pupils (9,591 males and 9,289 feamles) have registered to sit today’s Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam.

T&T Unified Teachers’ Association president Martin Lum Kin is optimistic about how pupils would perform this year as this is the first batch of students to benefit from a full academic year of face-to-face classes since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

However, he reiterated that the SEA exam needs restructuring. In its current form, he said it places too much undue stress on pupils, parents and even teachers.

“It is time that we seriously look at this high-stake placement examination and look at a system that would be fair and equitable to all our students, no matter the learning ability,” he said.

Last year, 52 per cent of pupils scored less than 50 per cent in the exams. This meant more than half of them failed the exam, forcing the Ministry of Education to spend $10 million on remedial classes.

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