{"id":16265,"date":"2020-06-02T06:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=16265"},"modified":"2020-06-02T06:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T06:39:56","slug":"gatumba-ninth-grade-students-to-do-national-exam-despite-enormous-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/gatumba-ninth-grade-students-to-do-national-exam-despite-enormous-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatumba: Ninth-grade students to do national exam despite enormous challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the ninth grade in Basic School of Gatumba area, recently flooded by Rusizi River, in Bujumbura province are preparing to sit for the national exam scheduled from 9 to 11 June. Solange Nelly Niyonkuru, a student at \u201cMushasha I\u201d Basic School in Gatumba locality says she lost all of her books and copybooks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16263\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16263\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-16263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Les-\u00e9l\u00e8ves-de-gatumba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Les-\u00e9l\u00e8ves-de-gatumba.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Les-\u00e9l\u00e8ves-de-gatumba-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Les-\u00e9l\u00e8ves-de-gatumba-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Les-\u00e9l\u00e8ves-de-gatumba-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">students from \u201cMushasha I\u201d Basic School<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is not easy to revise courses as my copybooks were damaged,\u201d she says. As for J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Nduwayo, a student at \u201cMushasha II\u201d Basic School in Gatumba locality, their classes were flooded when they had already finished the programs. \u201cWe are trying to help each other. We ignore what will happen but are ready to sit for the national exam,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Augustin Nijimbere, a teacher at \u201cMushasha II\u201d Basic School says he is optimistic. \u201cOur students are ready to do the national exam even though they faced several challenges,\u201d he says. He adds that their copybooks and books were damaged. \u201cWe do our best to help them revise all the programs,\u201d he says. Since Gatumba locality is flooded, local residents live in displaced sites. Kigaramango site located in Gatumba area shelters about 67000 people including students.<\/p>\n<p>On May 23, Janvi\u00e8re Ndirahisha, the Minister of Education announced that more than 94,000 pupils are expected to sit for the national exam scheduled from 9 to 11 June in 949 exam centers. Among the candidates, there are 20 students living with disabilities. The national exam is composed of mathematics, language I made of French and Kirundi, language II made of English and Kiswahili, science and technology, human sciences and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the ninth grade in Basic School of Gatumba area, recently flooded by Rusizi River, in Bujumbura province are preparing to sit for the national exam scheduled from 9 to 11 June. Solange Nelly Niyonkuru, a student at \u201cMushasha I\u201d Basic School in Gatumba locality says she lost all of her books and copybooks. 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