Dominica awards 124 scholarships and 122 bursaries to G6NA students, with 792 candidates sitting the 2026 exams and results deemed satisfactory.
Dominica: The Government of Dominica has announced that it will award more than 100 scholarships to the island’s top performing primary school students who have excelled in the Grade Six National Assessment (G6NA), which took place on May 28 and 29, 2026 where a total of 792 (380 girls and 412 boys) candidates sat for the exam.
The announcement was made during a press conference on Friday, June 19, by the Minister of Education, HR Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence, Octavia Alfred, who described the overall performance from the students as “satisfactory.”
The 2026 Grade Six National Assessment results were officially released on Friday, where the Minister of Education revealed that, this year, 124 students earned scholarships, 67 of whom were girls and 57 boys. These 124 primary students have obtained 18, 19 and 20 points.
Moreover, 122 students (71 girls and 51 boys) obtained 16 to 17 points and received bursaries as done in the previous years.
During her address, Minister Octavia Alfred revealed that results will no longer be announced publicly to prevent competition among the primary schools. She noted that the goal is to ensure every student reaches his or her full potential.
“This year it was difficult to identify top students or top schools since students were marked based on their performance. This is not a competition; this is our ensuring that Dominican children all reach their full potential,” stated the Minister of Education.
She went on to add, “We cannot compare schools because they do not operate on a level playing field, while some schools receive more scholarships and bursaries than others, 46 of our 57 primary schools received scholarships and/or bursaries.”
Primary school principals have received this new move well, each in favour of it and stating that it will ensure that the students focus on meeting the established criteria and not competing.
Principal of Goodwill Primary School, Clara Lee Joseph, shared that it allows for everyone to receive recognition for the hard work they have put in excel.
Principal Evette Stoute of Petit Savanne primary also shared, “I think it's a good idea because some students work really hard and when they don’t hear their names, it demotivates them.”