average, what percentage of students do not pass the 7th grade test and are forced to stop their schooling? How many times can they take the 7th grade test?

You may take the final P7 exam only once.  They have many practice exams that lead up to it, but you get one shot. A Division one score is the best on down to Division 4; for the school year 2010 about 540,000 students sat for the exam of those 12,000 scored Division 1, the exam covers English, Math, Science and Social Studies.  The Headmistress (Principal) that I spoke with estimates that 3% will go the vocation route. The higher your score the better the secondary school you can attend. You then go to secondary school for 4 years, and then on to senior 6… 2 more years. After senior 6 you take another exam that qualifies you for University, again the better the score the more options you have as well as the possibility of government scholarship.