ESSLCE case studies
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The Ethiopian Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination (ESSLCE), widely known as the Ethiopian University Entrance Examination (EUEE) or the Grade 12 National Examination, is the school-leaving and university-admission examination taken by students completing secondary school in Ethiopia. It matters to Grade 12 candidates seeking a university place or another post-secondary pathway, and to candidates repeating the exam to improve their results. The ESSLCE case studies are 5 cases and about 3,887 words.
1Soap Titration and a Family's Water Choice
A Grade 11 student at a school near Bishoftu is asked to advise her family on which of three water sources to use. She collects samples from a hand-dug well, a nearby river, and a rainwater storage tank.
762 words, about 4 min2Bakery Fundraiser: Linear Programming and the Rounding Trap
A youth group in a small town runs a bakery to raise money for a school library. They bake two kinds of loaf: large (x) and small (y).
810 words, about 4 min3Three Sources on Adwa: Judging Reliability
A Grade 11 student in Addis Ababa is writing a short paper on the Battle of Adwa (1 March 1896) and has three sources. Source A is a chronicle written in the 1920s by an Ethiopian church scholar, in Ge'ez and Amharic, which describes the victory as divinely granted, says 'the enemy's dead were beyond counting', and names the commanders and the order of battle in detail.
799 words, about 4 min4Editing a School Notice: Register, Grammar and Translation
A Grade 12 student is editing a one-paragraph notice for Reading Week. It will be printed on the noticeboard, read over the assembly microphone, and translated into Afaan Oromoo for the school's other section.
792 words, about 4 min5Five Project Presentations: A Scheduling Puzzle
Five Grade 12 students - Abel, Bontu, Chala, Desta and Eyerusalem - must each present a project on one day of a review week, Monday to Friday, one presentation per day. The rules the coordinator wrote on the board are: Bontu presents after Chala but before Desta; Eyerusalem presents on Thursday; Abel does not present on Monday; Desta does not present on Friday.
724 words, about 4 min