Di long wait finally over, and di tension inna di air thick like Saturday soup. All across di island, from Negril to Morant Point, parents and pickney heart a-beat fast because di Ministry of Education drop di word. On June 22, every Grade 6 student who sit di Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams gwine finally know which high school dem heading to come September. It been a long journey for these little scholars, and di whole a Jamaica know seh di pressure is real when it come to placement.
Minister of Education, Fayval Williams, confirm di date and give di assurance seh everything set and ready. She know seh di parents dem anxious, but she ask everybody fi keep a cool head. Di PEP system involve more dan just one big test; it take into account di work di children dem do from Grade 4 and Grade 5, plus di Ability Test and di Performance Tasks dem did dweet earlier dis year. It a whole heap a work dem put in, so di results gwine reflect di steady effort over di years, not just one day a nerves.
Schools all over di country ready fi download di data from di online portal. Some principals already making plans how dem gwine share di news wid di families. While some pickney gwine deh home wid dem parents checking di website, others gwine head down a di school compound fi see dem teachers and get dat support. Whether it reach through a phone screen or a piece a paper, June 22 gwine be a day of big emotions—nuff joy, some tears, and a whole lot a relief seh di primary school chapter finally closing.
To di parents dem, di message is clear: no matter which school yuh pickney get, big dem up. Jamaica have nuff great high schools, and wherever a child land, dem can still shine bright like a diamond if dem have di right support. We know everybody want di 'traditional' high schools, but every year we see top students coming out a schools from every corner a di island. Di important ting is fi celebrate di hard work di pickney dem put in through di pandemic years and all di changes inna di curriculum.
As di clock tick down to Saturday, di Ministry reminding everyone seh di online system might be a bit slow because everybody and dem auntie gwine be trying fi log in at di same time. If di page nuh load right away, just tek a deep breath and try again later. Di results nah go nowhere. This Saturday mark a big transition for thousands of young Jamaicans, and as a nation, we just haffi wish dem di best as dem prepare fi step up into di next level of dem education journey.
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