Tests

The school year in Gatundu is coming to an end. The Form 4s(Seniors) recently left the school. Kenya has a very intense examination for the students finishing their schooling. This is called the KCSE test. It tests material that they have learned over the past four years. The examination process takes about 3 weeks. It is divided up into each of their classes. So on one day they may have a biology practical and then a 2 hour English essay test. This test decides if university is in their future. The rest of the students have final exams pretty similar to our own, except that they are worth a lot more towards their semester grades. There are only three grades that go into the gradebook. Two tests throughout the term worth twenty percent each, and the final exam worth sixty percent of their term grade. That puts a lot of pressure on them to do well on the exams.