Take a practice exam in the NESA format
Sit a full P6, S3 or S6 practice exam in the NESA format, then see your marks and an explanation for every question.
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- Teachers
Every practice exam is a new paper with the sections, question types, marks and time of the national exam. The questions are written by Ganzaa in the NESA format. They are not the official NESA papers.
Start an exam
Step 1: Go to ganzaa.org/past-papers/exams. You can also press Do a full practice exam on the Past Papers page.
Step 2: Jump to your class with P6, S3 or S6 at the top.
Step 3: Press Do exam on a subject. Subjects marked Coming soon are not ready yet.
Step 4: Read the exam page. It shows the minutes, the number of questions, the marks and the pass mark, how the paper is organised, and some Sample questions.
Step 5: Press Start exam. If you are not signed in, a form opens: sign in or create a free account. When you are signed in, the button says Start exam now.
Step 6: If you see Complete your profile first, press Complete my profile and add your class and school. The exam then starts.
Answer the questions
Step 1: Answer the question on the screen. The clock at the top shows the time left.
Step 2: Press Next and Previous to move between questions.
Step 3: Press Flag on a question you want to come back to.
Step 4: To jump to any question, use the question map beside the question. On a phone, press the grid button at the top to open it.
Step 5: On the last question, press Finish. You can also press Submit at the top, or Submit exam at the bottom on a phone.
Step 6: Check the summary and press Submit. Press Keep going if you want to go back.
See your marks
Step 1: Your score, the pass mark and your marks for each section appear first.
Step 2: Under Topics to revise you see the topics where you lost marks.
Step 3: Scroll to Answers & explanations. Choose All, To review or Correct to filter the questions.
Step 4: Press Try a new paper to sit the same subject again with new questions, or Other subjects to pick another exam.
Continue an exam or see old results
Step 1: Open the same exam page again. If you left an exam unfinished, press Continue my exam.
Step 2: Your finished exams are listed under Your attempts, with your best score. Press one to see its results again.

