Education Minister Tarek Shawky confirmed on Tuesday that there will be no exams for the second term, as they will be substituted by monthly exams. Shawky’s statement came in response to requests from parents not to hold second term exams in anticipation of any emergency in managing the coronavirus crisis. For the first and second secondary grades, the Ministry of Education announced that exams will be held at school headquarters, with examinations conducted via cloud computing. In a letter to the educational directorates, the ministry confirmed that the first and second secondary school examinations will not be held outside the school in any way, and in the event that the student attends the exam from outside the school, the student will be considered failing. It is not permissible under any circumstances to take the exam on paper for students who take the exam electronically, the ministry added.

Source: Egypt Independent February 24, 2021 09:33 UTC