The Grade 11 selection list for 2025 is usually released by the General Education Services (GES) of the National Education Department before the end of the year, mid-December. Perhaps it is important to understand the effort (and appreciate the timebound work) the education officials put into selecting the Grade 11 students.
In this article, we provide information and updates on Grade 11 selections and the Selection List based on what we observed in the past.
Timebound Activity: Grade 11 Selection Release Date
The selection is timebound. As mentioned, though parents and stakeholders are desperate to see the list, we must also know that the list will (still) come out before the end of the year. No need to be worried.
Take a look at the past release dates. This will give you an idea about when the Grade 11 selection list will come out this year.
Year - Release Date
- 2024 - WED 18th December 2024 (RELEASED)
- 2023 - Wed 20th December 2023
- 2022 - Mon 19th December 2022
- 2021 - Wed 22nd December 2021
- 2020 - Wed 23rd December 2020
- 2019 - Tue 24th December 2019
- 2018 - Thur 20th December 2018
Expect this year's to come out at about the same time.
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Grade 11 Selections for 2025
Here is a brief of how the grade 11 selection takes place, starting with the students taking the exams until the release of the Grade 11 selection list in PDF.
The 6 pointers will help you to understand the selection process as you await the list to come out this year - see the link below for the latest update on PNG Insight:
- 1. Grade 10 Exams taken by students in schools in the provinces.
- 2. Grade 10 Students' scripts are marked in the provinces.
- 3. Results are sent from the provincial marking centres to the Education Department in Port Moresby (MSD deals with the online Grade 10 results/marks).
- 4. MSD and General Education Services (a section of the National Department of Education) facilitate the selection.
- 5. Provincial reps, principals and education officers meet in the provinces and use the Grade 10 students' final results to select the 2024 Grade 11 students for national and secondary schools in the country.
- 6. The 2024 Grade 11 students selection PDF lists are published on the education department website.
A recent article on Grade 10 results and Grade 11 selection is available here.
How long does it take to do Grade 11 selection?
In 2020, it took 10 days (from the end of the selection) for the GES to publish the Grade 11 selection list. It took longer in 2021 (3 weeks) to finalise the publishing of the selection list in PDF.
In 2022, the exam results came out 2 days early - this was since the selection was computerised, and done online. PNG Insight expects the 2024 Grade 11 selection for the 2025 academic year to take place within a week and finalised the published thereafter. Here is the latest article, read about it.
This may seem long for the waiting parents and stakeholders, but it is important to get it right and also for the education secretary to see the selection listing.
Therefore, though it is a time-bound selection, GES and the education department do it well in 10 days after selections have been made.
Grade 11 Selection Information and Updates
This video will help you to understand the process involved in the selection and dates mentioned here. You can also find out how to easily search the PDF list when it comes out.
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- PAST UPDATES for Grade 11 Selection List -
This was the PNG Insight update from the previous year - we will provide the same updates this year to keep you in the circle as the selection starts. Save this page and check back later.
A recent article on Grade 10 results and Grade 11 selection is available here.
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The 2024 Grade 11 Selection Lists are NOW OUT & AVAILABLE HERE (Released 20/12/2023):
IMPORTANT UPDATE 22 DEC 2021: The Grade 11 Selection Lists for all the Regions and Nationa High Schools are OUT NOW (22nd DECEMBER 2022).
As we predicted, the list came out 2 weeks after the Grade 11 Selection Committee had completed the selection.
The education department website is slow due to a high volume of traffic. You may find this frustrating, so go easy.
You can ACCESS THE GRADE 11 SELECTION LISTS HERE
- Update#2: The 2022 Grade 11 selection is in progress.
- Update#1: Grade 10 exam marks released to the selection committee on the 5th of December 2021
According to the Education Secretary, the Grade 10 national exam results will be released to the Grade 11 Selection Conference on the 5th of December 2021.
That means that the 2021 Selection lists for National High and Secondary Schools are likely to be published after 2 weeks after the release of the results.
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