The clock is ticking for Form Four students who will sit for the Fiji Junior certificate Examination which kicks off next Tuesday.

The Education Minister, Filipe Bole said the exam will be from 2nd until the 11th of November and this will be the last time for the FJC Exam to appear as a national examination for children.

He said this year 15 thousand 209 Form 4 candidates will be sitting their FJC in 162 centres throughout Fiji.
 
Bole added that apart from the FJC, the Fiji Seventh Form Examination (FSFE) will start the following week from November 8th to 19th in which 4 thousand 812 students will sit the exam  in 105 centres.
 
He said the last exam of the year will be the Fiji School Leaving Certificate or FSLC which will begin a week after the FSFE and 12,663 students will sit their FSLC in 158 centres.

FSLC will be from Tuesday November 16 to Monday November 29.
 
Bole is calling on parents and teachers to provide all the support students will need as they prepare themselves for the examinations.

Story by: Sneh Chaudhry