National examinations are on for standard 8 (grade 8) and form 4 (grade 12) . St. 8 writes for 3 days so tomorrow is their last day. These tests determine to which school they will be called (if they can afford to attend). When the results are out, boys will be coming to the KEEF office hoping for a scholarship and girls will be going to the CHES office hoping for a scholarship. There will be many disappointed boys. We had about 35 scholarships last year and we interviewed about 127 boys before we closed the gates and said no more interviews. Unfortunately the majority of grade 8 students cannot afford to go on to secondary education.

The form 4 exam results determine which university the students can attend as a govt. subsidized or regular student. That requires a high B or better. KEEF (Kenya Education Endowment Fund) has 14 boys graduating. Hopefully the majority of them get a high B or better. Those students can obtain a government loan so it is much cheaper to obtain a post-secondary education.