On Friday, 10 July 2026, officials from Guyana’s Ministry of Education and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) officially released the results of the 2026 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, announcing a historic milestone in the country’s primary education outcomes.
Education Minister Sonia Parag confirmed that 15,706 Grade Six students sat this year’s assessment, and the 2026 results mark the strongest performance in Guyana’s national history. Not only do the results outperform all outcomes recorded over the past five years, they also meet the regional benchmark for comparable primary school assessments across the Caribbean, Parag said. She credited the landmark achievement to decades of consistent, targeted education investment by the People’s Progressive Party Civic-led government, and highlighted the foundational work laid by former education minister Priya Manickchand for building the framework that enabled this transformation of Guyana’s education system.
CXC Director of Operations Dr Nicole Manning echoed Parag’s optimism, noting that steady year-over-year improvement in pass rates confirms the positive impact of ongoing education interventions across the country. Official data from Guyana’s Department of Public Information shows that the share of students scoring 50 percent or higher grew across all four core NGSA subject areas between 2025 and 2026. English Language posted the highest overall pass rate at 73.08 percent, rising from 69.25 percent in 2025; Social Studies saw a modest increase from 64.77 percent to 65.28 percent; Science improved from 63.70 percent to 65.38 percent; and Mathematics recorded the largest single gain, jumping from 55.51 percent of students hitting the 50 percent threshold in 2025 to 59.80 percent in 2026.
Beyond improved pass rates, Manning highlighted additional positive trends: a marked increase in the number of students earning full marks across all four core subjects, and a historic drop in zero-score outcomes. No students received a zero mark in English Language or Social Studies this year, while Mathematics recorded its lowest number of zero scores in five years. Dr Manning emphasized that these gains were achieved even as CXC strengthened quality assurance protocols to protect the integrity of the results. Approximately 350 trained examiners were contracted to mark the 2026 assessments, with a multi-layered monitoring process including standardisation training for markers, a three-tiered system of independent review, targeted remarking for questionable scores, and forensic post-marking audits before final results were confirmed.
The 2026 NGSA results are publicly available for access via the Guyana Ministry of Education’s official portal at https://exams.moegy.org/. Officials have also announced key dates for the 2027 assessment cycle, with the next NGSA scheduled to be held 14–15 April 2027 and results set for release on 25 June 2027. Top-performing students from each of Guyana’s administrative regions were also recognised, with dozens of highest-scoring students earning placement at the country’s most prestigious secondary institutions, including Queen’s College, The Bishops’ High School, and St. Stanislaus College.