School Entrance Exams

04/15/2011 at 10:30 am · Filed under Children, Education and tagged: English boarding school, entrance exams, Nepal, school

Today the children will visit their new school, Arundaya Secondary English School, for the first time. The younger children will check out their classrooms and the schoolyard, while the older children will take entrance exams to test their knowledge and determine their class placement within the school. Some of the children are coming from government schools, where only one class a day is taught in English, to this new boarding school, where all classes except one are taught in English. This means those children may have to drop back a year or two to catch up in their English reading and writing, but it will be to their great benefit and the long run, and it is not an uncommon phenomenon in English boarding schools here in Nepal. The children who must take entrance exams are feeling nervous, because they are used to taking exams where they have been given a clear indication of what material will be covered in advance. We are confident that they will do well, however, and each will find their proper level in the school so they can advance comfortably moving forward. It is an exciting day, and despite the nervousness, all the children seem eager to start the new school year and mark a new beginning.

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