Asmara — This year's national school leaving examination would be conducted in Sawa from March 17 to 22, according to the Counseling, Training and Testing Center of the University of Asmara.

The director of the Center, Dr. Bisrat Gebru, indicated that the exams would also be given in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Close to 11,000 students, out of whom over 4,600 are females, would participate in the exams that comprise 12 subjects in the English and Arabic languages.

Dr. Bisrat further stated that the candidates are students of the Warsay-Yikaalo School in Sawa, technical and agricultural schools, as well as the Eritrean community's international schools in Riyadh and Jeddah.