31,000 Grade 12s sitting exams

MORE than 31,000 Grade 12 students throughout the country are sitting their national exams which started on Monday.
Grade 12 students around the country did their first exam at the beginning of the week with general maths, history and applied science the papers taken.
Yesterday, the students sat their geography, physics and accounting exams, and today they will do economics, biology and business studies.
Tomorrow, the students will sit their language and literature and chemistry papers and end the examinations on Friday with the advance math and general maths paper two.
In Henganofi Secondary School of Eastern Highlands, a total of 130 Grade 12 students are sitting their exams.

Principal Hunten Humave said he was confident that the school would maintain its high position they achieved last year.
He said when including the Aiyura School of Excellence, they were ranked second, but for the 16 secondary schools in Eastern Highlands, Henganofi
Secondary School came first in the Mini Rating Index.
“We want to maintain the top ranking and are confident that our students will do well this year,” Humave said.
He said this year would be Henganofi Secondary’s 13th batch of grade 12 students.
Humave said the graduation would take place on Friday after the final advanced maths and general maths paper two exam.
In the National Capital District (NCD), 272 Grade 12 students from the Port Moresby National School of Excellence are sitting for their exams.
In NCD’s Gerehu Secondary school, 437 are sitting their exams.
Education Department secretary Dr Uke Kombra warned students and their schools of the consequences of cheating.

Meanwhile, the 141,366 Grade Eight students from 3,538 primary schools throughout the country will sit their final exams next week.
Kombra said 324 Grade 12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics students would sit their examinations after the Grade Eight exams.

Fode students ready to tackle exam week

By MAX KILIWA
MORE than 16,000 students who attend Flexible Open Distance Education (Fode) are sitting their national examination this year, says Fode principal Anthony Rayappan.
Rayappan told The National that out of the 16,043 who sat the exams for grades eight, 10 and 12 nationwide, seven were students with special needs (disabilities).
“There are 95 Grade Eight and 6,744 Grade 10 students doing their exam this week and 8,865 Grade 12 students will have their exam next week,” he said.
Rayappan said another 339 students would sit their Matriculation Studies programme.

Meanwhile, Fode academic registrar Anna Liza Cale said Fode’s course outlines and syllabus were same as the system schools.
The only difference is that they sit their examinations separately.
Cale said they prepared their own examination because of the distance learning and the styles and formats.
“Our students are non-school leavers and they can apply to secondary and tertiary institutions if they want to after completing their exams,” she said.
Cale said their aim was to give students a second chance to further their studies.