What You Need To Know About Jamaica’s Primary Exit Profile
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News media and education circles in Jamaica have been abuzz following the announcement from Education Minister Ruel Reid that the Primary Exit Profile will replace the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Since its implementation in 1999, GSAT has been the assessment used to determine high school placement for students at the end of the primary education system. The Primary Exit Profile (PEP) is being proposed as a more holistic way to determine students’ readiness to exit the primary level of education, and to enter secondary school. Here are some questions that the average person might be asking about PEP.

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