{"id":40305,"date":"2019-11-04T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/over-286-000-candidates-sit-for-primary-leaving\/"},"modified":"2019-11-07T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:11:09","slug":"over-286-000-candidates-sit-for-primary-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-286-000-candidates-sit-for-primary-leaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 286,000 candidates sit for Primary Leaving Examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Primary School National Exams that began today will run from 4th to 6th November 2019.    <\/p>\n<p>Statistics from Rwanda Education Board(REB) indicate that candidates increased by12% where 286,087 pupils are registered to sit for Primary School National Exams up from 255,173 of last year.  <\/p>\n<p>Girls\u2019 representation is 154 339 while the number of male candidates is 131 748.<\/p>\n<p>The exams have been launched at the national level by Dr. Munyakazi at Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara in Nyarugenge district, a site hosting 927 candidates from five schools.  <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Munyakazi reminded them that acquired knowledge will be measured by their success following exam results.  <\/p>\n<p>He expressed optimism that students will undoubtedly perform well due to enough time given for preparations.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33182 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7747-2-cd8e0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33183 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7794-86053.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33184 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7796-4-15c08.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33185 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7788-2-5d497.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33186 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7751-3-4de6a.jpg\" alt=\"The Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr. Isaac Munyakazi reminded students that acquired knowledge will be measured by their success following exams results.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33187 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7773-cb011.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Munyakazi expressed optimism that students will undoubtedly perform well due to enough time given for preparations. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33188 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7826-09f9b.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Munyakazi at Groupe Scolaire Kimisagara in Nyarugenge district\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33189 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7828-2-e2d51.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33190 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7831-acb78.jpg\" alt=\"The Primary School National Exams that began today will run from 4th to 6th November 2019\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33191 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7858-e378d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33192 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7848-a471c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33193 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7863-2-09851.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-33194 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b7868-4-7cd66.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr. Isaac Munyakazi has requested over 286,000 candidates who began Primary School National Examinations to efficiently utilize acquired knowledge and perform well to induce pride to parents and educators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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