Grade 10 students

Out of 63,000 Grade 10 students from 263 provincial high and secondary schools nationwide, about 25 000 are eligible to continue to Year 11 in 2017.

These include about 15,191 males and 9,731 females.

This was confirmed by the Department of Education (DoE) following the one week selection exercise done by principals and guidance teachers from schools all over the country.

DoE revealed that few provinces are graduating more Grade 10 students with good marks but they’re not able to select everyone due to the limited number of secondary schools in the province.

Exam papers will be distributed to the provinces through the Provincial Examination Supervisors (PES)  before the end of May.

Acting Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra urged all PES, head teachers and Provincial Education Advisers in a statement, that they must be more vigilant and security conscious of the confidentiality of the examination paper.

This is to avoid any form of malpractice that may compromise the examination results.

He wished every Grade 10 student all the very best in their examination.

"The water shortage situation is there but students education is the priority, especially the grade 10s who have been given priority due to their exams to come back," said the headmistress of the school Mrs Pauline Omohae.

The Malalaua High School administration has only allowed for grade 10s to come back to school since the resumption of term two weeks ago while keeping more than 200 grade nine students at home until the grade 10s go away after the exam.