73,000-plus students sit for Written Expression exam

MORE than 73,000 grade 10 students around the country sat for the Written Expression national examination yesterday.
It included more than 6500 from Morobe, the biggest province.
Provincial examinations supervisor Christopher Raymond said while there was a shortage of exam papers at two schools, everything else went smoothly.
“The head masters (indicated that) all exams proceeded well,” he said.
“Many started a bit late due to the rain. Otherwise, they met the required duration of two hours.”
He said there was a shortage of exam papers at Lae Secondary and Rangiampum High School in Markham district.
“The external invigilators were advised to make copies.”
The province has 15 high schools and 12 secondary schools.
At the Jubilee Secondary School in Port Moresby, 294 students sat for the exam.
Deputy Principal academic Barbara Miles said all students turned up on time.
“I am sure that the students have been well prepared by their teachers,” Miles said.
In their preparation, she said teachers had allowed students to go through old exam papers.
“There are five grade 10 classes this year but we gave them an additional three classrooms that makes it eight classrooms for the exam. “That was to meet the requirement of the measurement services unit divisions that students must have enough space during the exam, at least 40 students per classroom.”
In East New Britain, 3367 students sat for the exam.