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Egypt’s Minister of Education and Technical Education, Reda Hegazy, recently announced a major reform for this year’s Thanaweya Amma exams. These tests, taken by Egyptian students at the end of high school between 17 and 18 years old, are of crucial importance for their academic future. Indeed, the results obtained largely determine the admission of students to public universities and their possibilities for specialization.
The great novelty of this reform lies in the introduction of the examination system with authorized documents. From now on, students will receive a concept booklet at the start of the exam for each subject, which they must give to invigilators at the end of the test. This approach aims to refocus exams on key skills, with questions intended to be progressive and accessible while avoiding complexity.
The main objective of this initiative is to offer students the opportunity to retake end-of-year exams if they have not previously obtained a satisfactory score. This measure aims to encourage consistency and improvement in academic performance.
The 2024 end-of-year examination system will mainly consist of multiple choice questions (approximately 85%) as well as written questions (15%). The questions will cover varying levels of complexity, with 30% simple questions, 40% intermediate questions and 30% advanced questions.
The Ministry of Education also stressed that questions for the 2024 exams would be drawn from question banks prepared by the National Center for Examinations and Educational Assessment. The exams will be standardized nationally, ensuring fairness for all candidates.
In addition, students registered for the 2024 exams will receive a question booklet, a bubble answer booklet and another booklet dedicated to written questions. The Ministry called on students and parents to only refer to official sources of information to ensure accurate and reliable information.
This major reform in the Egyptian examination system aims to modernize assessment methods while providing students with a fair chance of success.