Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawky held a press conference Sunday to announce the plan for Spring 2021 semester and here it is:<\/p>\n
The exams of high school senior-year students (Thanaweya Amma) will not be held before July, and will be electronic.<\/p>\n
For middle school senior-year students (Grade 9), the finals of Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 will be held together at the end of the academic year.<\/p>\n
For Grades 4-8 and Grades 10-11, the finals of subjects not counted in the total grade of the academic year will also be held together at the end of the academic year.<\/p>\n
Speaking of such subjects, Grades 4-8 will take the final exams of each semester on two separate days.<\/p>\n
As for subjects counted in the total grade of the academic year, the finals of Fall 2020 will be held on February 27-March 9. <\/p>\n
No exams shall be held for kindergarten and Grades 1-3.<\/p>\n
Solutions to evaluate students in Grades 1-8, and Grades 10-11 will be announced later.<\/p>\n
The finals of each of Grades 4-8 will be held together on the same day.<\/p>\n
The finals of Grades 11-12 will be held online from school.<\/p>\n
Monthly exams will be held online in March, April, and May.<\/p>\n
Parents can submit requests for their children to repeat the academic year without failing at the respective education administration. <\/p>\n
Next week, the ministry will announce how Egyptian students abroad will take the exams and when.<\/p>\n
The curricula will be available on various platforms for remote education purposes. <\/p>\n
International schools have the freedom to set their own attendance policy.<\/p>\n
Attending classes in-person is optional upon a signed request of the guardian. Also, extra group tutoring will be held in schools. Both will be an option starting March 10.<\/p>\n
American Diploma students must take Egypt’s EST in order to qualify for public universities and Egyptian private universities.<\/p>\n
Spring 2021 will start on February 20 at international schools.<\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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