Our students' last O Level exam was yesterday, Friday, 8 June 2012. It was a long Maths exam, but all four students reported that they did somewhere between very and really well; definitely a good way to end.
Thank you to all who prayed for the students, the answers to your prayers about was that only three exams were rescheduled; one was rescheduled for start at 23:45 when the opposition did call a strike and two other shorter ones consecutively from 19:30 when one of the opposition parties called a half-day strike in another big city. The big point of praise is that none of the test were cancelled and our students were able to travel to Dinajpur even for the second to last exam when the transport workers in our division called a blockade for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, this week.
At the beginning of the Chemistry tests that started at 19:30 there was no electricity and the parents were told to go buy candles, but a well-connected student from another school had a father who knew how to 'push the right buttons' to get power back on in the part of Dinajpur town where the exams were held.
Two of our students went straight to Dhaka in order to seek admission at a school there, the other two are enjoying well deserved time off.
Thank you for your prayers, and thank you for continuing to pray for the students as they continue their studies.
At LAMB School we start our exam week tomorrow, 10 June; everything is ready, the children are appropriately busy studying while the teachers are waiting to start marking papers after the first tests.
In the photo Grades 4 and 5 have gone to our nearby river to take water samples for testing. Our newest teacher, who doesn't want to be mentioned by name, is a great blessing in helping us teach science skills.
Thank you to all who prayed for the students, the answers to your prayers about was that only three exams were rescheduled; one was rescheduled for start at 23:45 when the opposition did call a strike and two other shorter ones consecutively from 19:30 when one of the opposition parties called a half-day strike in another big city. The big point of praise is that none of the test were cancelled and our students were able to travel to Dinajpur even for the second to last exam when the transport workers in our division called a blockade for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, this week.
At the beginning of the Chemistry tests that started at 19:30 there was no electricity and the parents were told to go buy candles, but a well-connected student from another school had a father who knew how to 'push the right buttons' to get power back on in the part of Dinajpur town where the exams were held.
Two of our students went straight to Dhaka in order to seek admission at a school there, the other two are enjoying well deserved time off.
Thank you for your prayers, and thank you for continuing to pray for the students as they continue their studies.
It is an amazing feeling teaching this children. I have worked on a project with the children of the waste pickers at Matuail, Dhaka. I helped establishing a school there. It is just an amazing feeling working with them and to see them smile. Good work LAMB!
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