Ejected student never told he wouldn’t be allowed to sit Grade Six exam

The family of the 10-year-old boy who was told he had to leave the examination room in Santa Rosa, in the Moruca sub-district of Region One, where he was preparing to write the National Grade Six Assessment, was never told that he was not going to be allowed to sit the exams.

On Wednesday afternoon, this newspaper was informed that a student in Santa Rosa was prohibited from sitting the National Grade Six Assessment examination. While the reason was unclear, the family related that it could have been because the child’s parents had tested positive for COVID-19 and were being kept at one of the COVID-19 isolation facilities in Santa Rosa.

However, it must be noted that the family has said that the health officials in the region did not advise that the family be quarantined, although they took it upon themselves to do so.

A relative related that the child’s parents, who tested positive some three weeks ago, were never told that he or his two siblings had to go into quarantine. But after having knowledge about COVID-19, they decided to self-quarantine at their home. The woman said that the family’s house is in close proximity to the secondary school where the exams were executed, therefore the family could have easily been advised on what to do on exam day.

She then explained that on Wednesday, the boy went to school as he was excited to sit the exam but after successfully passing through all the necessary protocols, he was told he could not write it because he had been in contact with someone from Aranka. This, the family said, was not possible since the child hasn’t left