00:00The average male and the average female student in Tobago failed mathematics.
00:07Females averaged 45.85 and the male 44.91.
00:19However, on the bright side, both male and female students passed English language
00:27with the girls averaging 69.27 and the boys 61.51.
00:33999 students sat the exam, 452 girls and 547 boys.
00:41Mr. Andrews said all is not lost where Tobago's boys are concerned,
00:46but creative writing scores are a cause for concern.
00:50The girls averaged 55% when it came to creative writing.
00:55The boys, however, failed creative writing on average, 46.4.
01:00The national weighted score is 200.
01:03Twelve Tobago schools exceeded this.
01:06These include Signal Hill Government, Buku Government, Bethesda Government,
01:11St. Nicholas Private, Black Rock Government, Kastara Government, Roxburgh RC.
01:17Tobago's average is 193.66 or approximately seven points below the national average.
01:26The girls' average was 197.29 or just about three points below the national average,
01:34whereas the boys' overall average was 190.66 this year.
01:41What this means?
01:42Overall, are girls who are about three points away from our national average,
01:48but are boys with ten points adrift of this national mean.
01:52And what this does is underscores the importance of focusing on gender
01:57and the performance of boys in the Tobago Education District.
02:01The issue of crime was also highlighted by the Education Secretary.
02:06It is of great concern, additionally, that at the division, the last statistics recorded
02:12through the Central Statistics Office, or the CSO, confirms that distribution of academic achievement
02:19among employees in the THA to be 12% attaining only primary school education,
02:2660% with secondary school education as their highest level of attainment,
02:31and 28% tertiary level.
02:34We also must pay attention to the fact that the alarming rise in violent crime here in Tobago
02:40connects our young males to gangs and gang-related activity.
02:44And as a result, we're seeing that stemming even as early as the primary school level.
02:49Approximately 38 students have to re-sit the SEA exam during cycle four of Project Impact,
02:57a program under the Division of Education from July 14th to August 14th across over ten centers.
03:05Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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