Sponsors may select a child at the primary school (pre-K through grade 6) to sponsor. They receive periodic updates on the student's status, including notes from the student and are kept abreast of HOM developments through the HOM newsletter. At the end of the 6 year primary education HOM students take the national secondary placement exam. Those who pass (the pass rate for 2006, the most difficult year yet due to the violence, was 96%!) are placed in private or for-fee state secondary schools. Sponsors are asked to consider continuing their support through this second tier. Since secondary school is twice as expensive, sponsors may wish to increase the amount they provide.