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Placement in the Secondary Schools

Criteria

Published by Ministry of Education

Criteria

Placement is based on the standardized scores obtained at the National Grade Six Assessment and depending on the category of school, on the following:

  • The cut-off score
  • Place of residence (Area Code)
  • Availability of places

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