3,190 candidates in 20 centers across Lakes State on Monday started their Primary Leaving Certificate exams.
State Education Minister Dut Makoi Kuok told the pupils to take the exams seriously in order to pass, Radio Good News reported.
He disclosed that schools affected by the insecurity were shifted to safer sites near the town for pupils to do their exams without disturbances from cattle keepers.
The exams are expected to last for one week.