NGSA Social Studies case studies
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The NGSA Social Studies paper is the social studies component of Guyana's National Grade Six Assessment, the national examination taken by primary pupils at the end of Grade Six. It is used to place learners into secondary schools, so the result matters to families across the country. The NGSA Social Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 3,422 words.
1The Koker That Jammed: Drainage on the West Coast Berbice
Plantation Hope is a village of 320 households on the West Coast Berbice, Region 5. Its rice land lies about 1.2 m below the level of a spring high tide.
742 words, about 4 min2The Name on the Community Centre: 1763 or 1823?
A community group in a Berbice River village has raised $400,000 towards a new community centre and must choose a name by the end of the month. Half the members want 'Cuffy Centre'; the other half want 'Quamina Centre'.
642 words, about 3 min3The Petition and the Crossing
Students at a secondary school on the East Bank Demerara, Region 4, want a pedestrian crossing. The school has 620 students, and about 240 of them cross the public road daily at a junction 30 m from the gate.
670 words, about 3 min4Three Thousand Hectares in the South Rupununi
A village of 480 people in the South Rupununi, Region 9, holds title to 12,000 hectares of savannah. Forty families raise cattle; in the dry season the animals graze the low ground near the creek, which already stops flowing for about six weeks each year.
680 words, about 3 min5Relief for Carriacou
In early July a hurricane destroyed most buildings on Carriacou, the northern island of Grenada, and damaged the jetty at Hillsborough so that vessels over 60 m cannot berth. A Georgetown business has collected 20 tonnes of relief: 12 tonnes of rice, 4 tonnes of bottled water, 3 tonnes of tarpaulins and 1 tonne of medical supplies.
688 words, about 3 min