Rwanda's 2010 National Exam results were released yesterday, following the November 2010 exams mandatory of all 6th, 9th and 12th grade students. Students are required to pass in order to move on to the next grade level or university and qualify for scholarships; for this reason, these exams are extremely high stakes. I was thrilled to learn that ALL of our school's 9th grade students passed - many in the first division - putting our school at #3 among junior high schools in Rwanda, and #1 among girls' schools. Furthermore, a scholarship fund established by the Maranyundo Initiative in Boston will enable all students to attend senior high school, regardless of her ability to pay school fees.
In its third year of operations, this was the first round of national exams completed by our school's first group of 9th grade students. I'm bursting with pride for all of our girls, especially those that I tutored in the final term of the 2010 school year.
To read Kigali's New Times article announcing the results, click on the link on the right-hand side.
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