On 11^th May 2022, forty-four fourth year Fraters sat for their BA examination in theology, of Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, to which our seminary is affiliated. Normally this examination is done in each academic year by the fourth-year fraters of the particular academic year. The themes for the examination are sent from the pontifical Urbaniana University, and are used in a cycle of three years, after which the themes are changed and the next three years cycle will have other themes.

The written examination is only on three principal courses which are: Sacred Scripture, Dogmatic Theology and Moral Theology, although the preparation is on all themes provided by Urbaniana Pontifical University. On how one gets a question to attempt, it is a matter of both choice and luck. It is a matter of choice because one chooses to answer one of the three themes, one from each of the three principal themes mentioned above. It is a matter of luck because the theme is obtained through random pickup without looking, of one theme out of several themes of the same course provided.

In the whole group of 44 fraters, 16 fraters opted for Sacred Scripture, 26 fraters opted for Dogmatic Theology, and 2 fraters opted for Moral Theology. The examination was done for five full hours, from 9:00am to 2:00pm. The invigilators were six, two lecturers from each course being treated in the examination. Only emergency exits for short calls were allowed to the candidates. In the examination room, the candidates were supplied with drinking water, to keep them energetic throughout the examination session. The papers are marked by the lecturers of the respective courses in the seminary. Both the marks and the answer-sheets together with the continuous academic assessment of every candidate, are sent to the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, for a general assessment and awarding each candidate depending on the results found. The grades of the pass-marks are as follows: 96.00-100.00 (Summa Cum Laude Probatus), 90.00-95.99 (Magna Cum Laude Probatus), 80.00-89.99 (Cum Laude Probatus), 70.00-79.99 (Bene Probatus), 60.00-69.99 (Probatus).

After this written examination, all the candidates did an oral examination on all the courses provided by Pontifical University of Urbaniana from 13^th to 17^th May. Every candidate was examined for at least 30mns, approximately 10mns on each course. The marks of every candidate on each course were recorded, and together with the continuous academic assessment, are sent to the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. The results of the examination are given by Urbaniana Pontifical University after a month or some months and later on within a year Baccalaureate certificates are sent to each candidate through the seminary.

(Reported by Frt. Godfrey Fredrick Mkwe)