The Grade 12 students at the Gordons Secondary School in the city of Port Moresby have kicked off their first examination paper for the year, which is the National Written Expression Examination, this morning at 8.30am. The students started off their exams with the distribution of exam papers made by each of the invigilators before officially starting off. According to Deputy Principal Academic, Mr. Johnymar Cudal, a total of 335 students, that is 167 male students and 168 female students, were expected to sit for this year's Written Expression exam, however, twenty students have withdrawn due to personal issues and academic performances. “The students have been divided into nine classroom blocks in which they are now occupying for this morning’s exam with one invigilator each allocated to one classroom.” Cudal shared with PNG HAUSBUNG that overall, all students and their teachers have prepared well for the exams with no disruptions. “Observations towards our teachers have been good and we expect the outcome to be good and to be shown in the exam.” Meanwhile, for those students who turned up late for the exam this morning, they were only allowed by the invigilator to take part in the exam only if they showed up within thirty minutes of the exam start time. The students of Gordons Secondary are among a total of 36, 360 grade 12 students that are sitting for today’s exam. The exam will conclude at 11.25am.