THERE IS a need for greater parity among students sitting the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), according to some members of the People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) Region Three.
The comments were made during a PNPYO-hosted function Tuesday night commemorating the birthday of former PNP president and National Hero, Norman Washington Manley, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.
The emphasis of the meeting was Manley's commitment to democracy, human rights and egalitarianism.
Making reference to the recently-concluded GSAT, some members raised concerns about the placement of students in some high schools in the vicinity of their homes, despite scoring high grades and the placement of some students in high schools from what they describe as 'feeder schools'.
Edgar Gordon, a member of the PNPYO Region Three, pointed to what he thinks is the Government's inability to provide enough spaces in the traditional high schools. Arguing that not all schools are graded in the same way, he said: "What the Government needs to do is level the playing field, whether it be Trench Town, Kingston College, Ardenne ... to have excellent teachers, to assure parents that when they send their children to these schools, once they decide to settle down, they will learn."
