Grade 8 National Examinations

The school successfully completed the Grade 8 national examinations this week.

ERA Resources airlifted the exam papers to Yandera, a remote village at the foothills of Mt. Wilhelm in Bundi.

Headmaster of Yandera Primary, Raymond Sagolo said the school is a zone four disadvantaged school and thanked the mining company for the assistance.

Sagolo said getting to Madang town for any administration matters including picking up exam papers is very risky and has always been a very difficult challenge over the years.

Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra in a statement clarifies the education minister’s intention to abolish grade 8 and 10 examinations  for selection process to be implemented in the coming six years.

He said students will continue to sit for the examinations but the result will not be used to select them to continue their secondary education.      

“Internal assessment of learning and external national examinations at the end of different learning phases will remain in the PNG education system,” Dr Uke said.