The preliminary tests for the state exam for the 2024 edition were launched on Saturday February 17 throughout the DRC. In the province of Tshopo, for example, 234 candidates including 64 girls took this national test in five centers scattered across the educational province Tshopo I whose headquarters is based in Kisangani. This educational province is made up of the city of Kisangani, Banalia I, Bafwasende I, Ubundu and Lowa.
These statistics were presented by the Chief Provincial Inspector of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education (EPST) in Tshopo I, Léon Omandeka.
Before the opening of the trunks containing the items of the tests in the presence of several personalities including the security services and members of the provincial EPST committee, the provincial director of education, Alain Mwini gave some details relating to these tests .
He declared that the aim of this national test is to control previous achievements in order to certify the desired level of candidates to face the national evaluation itself, namely the ordinary session of the state exam.
For this, Alain Mwini called on the candidates to mastery, serenity and above all to have confidence in their own knowledge.