THE Morobe provincial education adviser Keith Tangui has expressed concern over Grade 12 students missing out on their Written Expression Examinations.
He said many students did not sit for their Written Expression examinations on Monday.
He said for some reasons, the students did not turn up and it was sad for them missing their golden opportunity for another education career level after completing their Grade 12.
He said election-related violence and ethnic clashes also resulted in students fearing of their lives and did not attend classes.
In Bumayong Secondary, 252 Grade 12 students were to sit for the exam, however, 23 missed out with only 229 sitting the exam.
It is a sad thing and it’s similar in other secondary schools within Lae where less than 10 are absent and this means that they will not sit for their Grade 12 National Examinations as well.
Keith Tangui, Morobe provincial education advisor
Mr Tangui said these students would report to their respective school principals and board of governing council to decide on their fate of securing a place next year or not. He said their reasons must be genuine in order to be secured a space for repeating and it is their right to be educated.
Lae Secondary School principal and Morobe high and secondary schools principal conference chairman Christopher Raymond confirmed that more than 2700 students were nominated to sit for their Written Expression exams earlier this week.
However, Mr Raymond said only 2671 Grade 12 students sat for the exams from 15 secondary schools in Morobe.
He said they were given enough time of two weeks to prepare for their exams so they are expecting performances not to drop.