According to Rwanda’s National Examinations and Schools Inspection Authority (NESA), a total of 452,053 candidates from across the country are due to sit their national examinations over a period spanning six weeks, from June 14 through July 30.
This will be the first time national exams are held in two years after schools were closed and national examinations called off last year due to the Covid-19 fiasco.
Up to 254,678 candidates will write primary leaving examinations, representing a drop of 11 per cent from 286,087 candidates in 2019.
For O-Level, 122,320 students will sit exams, representing an increase of 2 per cent from the 2019 numbers when 119,932 candidates wrote their exams.
There was also an increase in the number of A-Level candidates, equivalent to 1.7 per cent, up to 52,145 from 52,291 in 2019. There was, however, a decline in science candidates from 15,251 in 2019 to 14,785, representing a difference of 3.1%.
Under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system, 21,053 students will sit their national exams. In TVET, there was an increase in the number of candidates, with 19,862 students writing their final papers last time around.
In addition, a total of 1,857 private candidates will sit S.6 exams, up from 1584 candidates in 2019.
TVET practical examinations will be the first to be conducted, from June 14-July 3.
For primary candidates, NESA has allocated 1018 examination centers nationwide, 0-Level exams will be held at 547 centers, A-Level 418 centers, and TVET 97 centers.
Asked about the staggering, director-general OF NESA, Bernard Bahati, spoke on the drop in primary school candidates, with 31,409 fewer pupils set to do national exams this year compared to 2019 which he attributed to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Primary candidates are due to sit their exams from July 12-14, O-Level, A-Level (theory) and TVET (theory) from July 20-27, and A-Level (science practicals) July 28-30.
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