MINISTER of Education Dr Dana Morris Dixon is urging parents of grade six students in primary schools to urgently sign on to the Grade Six Primary Exit Profile (PEP) results portal.

Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing on Wednesday, Morris Dixon announced that the results of the examination will be released on Friday, and made available to schools at 11:00 am, and then to parents at 1:00 pm.

But Morris Dixon noted that only one-third of grade-six parents have signed up on the results portal as she appealed to parents to do so before Friday.

“Only 10,000 parents of the 30-odd-thousand children have registered on the portal to see their children’s grades. Where are the other 20,000 parents? Where are you? In order for you to get your child’s grade, you need to use the SMS [short message service].

“An SMS has been sent to you. Please use the SMS. It gives you the information on registering on the system,” said Morris Dixon.

She pointed out that the system crashes every year, because parents try to register and access results at the same time.

Morris Dixon will host a media briefing on Friday to outline the performance of students.

“On Friday, I expect to see some very happy children and parents across Jamaica. The wait is over,” declared Morris Dixon.