A record 6,083 students were registered to sit part one of the Primary School Examination today. They took the exam at 26 authorized testing centers around the country. The exam began at 8:30 and when it finished 5 hours later, 7NEWS was outside of ACC, which was a testing center for St. Ignatius and Wesley Primary School, as the students emerged. Here's what they had to say about the biggest educational moment of their young lives.
At exactly 1:45 pm, primary school students uniformly filed out of examination centers like the Anglican Cathedral College. The students had just sat part one of their primary school exam and after 6 hours in the examination room the consensus was almost unanimous, the difficult subject was.
Jaron Meighan
"Science"
Ian Jenkins,
"Only the science mi difficult."
Shanike Weir,
"Science"
Brianna Lopez,
"The science mi hard."
Michelle Augustine,
"The science mi kind a hard."
But it was the opposite for one student Antonio Matus who said he breezed through the science but then battled with the English section.
Antonio Matus,
"I know the science so I would have to say the language. The composition, it was challenging but I am confident I will pass."
And even with a month to go before part two - these students aren't about to leave anything to chance. They left the examination centers and headed home to:
Shanike Weir,
"Study because I have another PSE coming up."
Antonio Matus,
"I'm going to go home and put myself to study for the mathematics and the social studies."
Michelle Augustine,
"Finish my homework which is due tomorrow."
The students will sit mathematics and social studies in part two on May 9th. 6083 students who sat the exam today is 113 more than the 5970 who took it last year. Results will be available in June.
