Grade 10 Provincial Exam RULES

Provincial Exams RULES


Students are required to bring the following information/materials:

- Driver’s Licence, or P.E.N. Personal Education Number, a Ministry-assigned 9-digit ID number

often referred to as your “PEN number” (if you don’t know your PEN, see your report card for this number)

- calculator (if nec)

- water (clear bottle, no labels)


• The pre-exam gathering site is the Cafeteria.

• Please note you are to arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the exam, i.e.

8:00 for the morning session, and 12:00 PM for the afternoon session.

• Instructions will be given at 30 minutes before the exam start time, and then students will

be escorted to the exam room and signed-in.

• Note: If you arrive late, then go directly to the exam room; however, if you are more than

30 minutes late, by order of the BC Ministry of Education, you are not permitted to write.

• Once the exam commences, you are required to remain in the exam room for a minimum


Cell phones, iPods, and other electronic devices are prohibited from being with you

during the exam. Advice: leave these at home, in your locker, or in your vehicle.