GOOD LUCK, GSAT Kids

Andrew Holness - minister of education

To the students, remain calm, do not panic. Once you have studied and are prepared, I know you will do well. Parents, encourage your children. Give them a hug, show them love and be supportive. Just keep them calm and relaxed. Now is the time for heart-to-heart, just make them feel confident and good about themselves.

Basil Waite - opposition spokesperson on education

To the students, be calm, confident and don't be jittery. Just do your best, because only your best is good enough. To parents and guardians, give the maximum support. And to the administrators, make sure the school environment is conducive to their concentration and not intimidatory; make sure the students get their timetables, the centres are open on time and are in order. Just think about the children as your own flesh and blood and treat them as such.

Merline Sewell-Sullivan - principal, Trench Town Primary

Students, be settled and relaxed. Read the paper carefully, do not rush. If you don't understand something, leave it and do what you can then go back to it later. Just be focused and ensure that you are totally relaxed and do not be jittery. Just see it as a regular classroom with your classmates.

Nadine Molloy Young - president, Jamaica Teachers' Association

To the students, stay focused, be calm and approach the exam as you would any other day at school with the expectation to do well and I wish you all the success. To the parents, be supportive and keep them calm. To the teachers, I know you all worked very hard and I expect to see it in the improved results.

Eulie Mantock - grade-six coordinator, St Richard's Primary

Students, go to bed early. Get ample rest and make sure to have a proper breakfast in the morning so that you can be well rested and alert. During the exam, if you're nervous, do deep breathing, about 10 of them, to get calm and relaxed. Read the questions properly and carefully. If you don't understand, read it again slowly. Look out for those trick words that can change the meaning of the question, like 'not' and 'all except'.

Sharon Reid - principal, St Andrew High

Children, get some rest, have a good breakfast and keep calm. Go into the exam and just do your best. To the parents, do not make them anxious or nervous. Children tend to be okay on their own, but the parents tend to make them nervous. And I wish the students all the best.