Eritrea Grade 8 National Examination study guide
Eritrea Grade 8 National Examination · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Grade 8 National Examination is the national assessment taken at the end of lower secondary schooling in Eritrea. It is designed for students completing Grade 8 who are preparing to move into upper secondary education, and results are used to inform placement and progression decisions. The Eritrea Grade 8 National Examination study guide has 5 sections and about 1,714 words.
01Mathematics: Number, Algebra, Geometry and Data
The Mathematics paper rewards steady accuracy more than speed. Number work covers fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion, directed numbers, and the order of operations (brackets first, then powers, then × and ÷ left to right, then + and − left to right).
347 words, about 2 min02English: Reading, Grammar and Written Expression
The English paper is built on four skills. Reading comprehension asks for the main idea, specific detail, inference (what does the writer suggest?), vocabulary in context, and the writer's purpose.
326 words, about 2 min03Science: Living Things, Matter, Forces and Earth
Science questions come from three strands. Biology covers the cell (plant versus animal cells; nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplast), classification of living things, human body systems (digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, nervous and reproductive), photosynthesis and respiration, food chains and webs, adaptation, and health and hygiene.
350 words, about 2 min04Social Studies: Eritrean Geography, History and Civics
Social Studies combines geography, history, civics and basic economics, with a strong Eritrean focus. Geography examines Eritrea's position on the Red Sea and in the Horn of Africa, its regions, the contrast between the cool central highlands and the hot eastern and western lowlands, the main rivers (Mereb, Barka, Gash, Anseba), climate, rainfall, soils, vegetation, population distribution, and map skills - scale, direction, latitude and longitude, and contour lines.
335 words, about 2 min05Mother-tongue Language: Script, Grammar and Composition
The mother-tongue paper (Tigrinya, Tigre, Arabic or another language of instruction) tests the script, reading, grammar, vocabulary and composition. Script work means knowing the consonant families of the Ge'ez syllabary and the seven vowel orders of each family, so that ሰ, ሱ, ሲ, ሳ, ሴ, ስ, ሶ are recognised as one consonant in seven forms.
356 words, about 2 min