CHRISTIANA, Manchester — Up until last year, when Holmwood Technical High School received its first batch of students from the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), the majority of the student population came through the Grade Nine Achievement Test (GNAT), according to principal, Paul Bailey.
The drawback of such an arrangement, he said, was that the majority of the students entering the institution were not reading at their grade level. That meant their general academic performance was negatively affected.
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Bailey said that it was not uncommon to have students graduating from fifth-form well beyond the average age of school leavers because upon entering the institution they had to repeat grades to be brought up to par. Read more:
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