Like their counterparts, the Grade 10 students of Malabunga Secondary, one of the largest day and boarding schools in Kokopo, East New Britain are also preparing for their upcoming Written Expression Exams on June 6th. A total of 428 Grade 10s will be sitting for their Written Expression Exams in 2024 compared to 2023 which was 334 Grade 10s. Principal of Malabunga Secondary School Mr. Bruno Kulai confirmed these figures as he stated that a lot of primary school students in East New Britain are passing their exams to get into secondary school. “The population of Grade 10s we have now is enough for six classrooms, whereas last year we only had five classrooms – that’s roughly 60 students per class.” Students have already sat for their mock exams, which were the 2022 and 2023 papers. Mr. Kulai also mentioned that he was looking forward to his students’ performance in the upcoming exams next month and commended the province’s past results. “In East New Britain our students perform outstandingly in Written Expression.” “Both the Grade 10s and 12s do exceedingly well; hence we’re anticipating another good year.” Mr. Kulai also mentioned that schools in the province were considering a close up by next week if their Government Tuition Fee Subsidies (GTFS) did not reach the schools. “Most of the schools in the province received their GTFS on Friday 24th May, but the funds arrived during week six, when it should have arrived by week one or week two.” Presently, Malabunga Secondary School is responsible for educating a total of 1438 young minds.