‘No Child Left Behind Policy’ scrapped-Education Minister

Priya ManickchandGeorgetown:The Education Ministry Thursday announced that rescind the ‘No Child Left Behind’ policy, which is was known as the Automatic Promotion Policy (APP.)

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said students who perform poorly in Mathematics and English would not be promoted to the next class. She said students would be required to achieve close to the overall pass-mark set by the school with at least five CXC subjects with Grades 1 to 3.