Wed 02/July/2025 – 06:10 PM
Mohamed Abdel -Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, said that determining a cost of 500 pounds for the second optional attempt in the subjects exams submitted within the Egyptian baccalaureate project, comes within the framework of keenness to ensure the continuity of the exams holding in high quality, in light of the advanced logistical and organizational and technological procedures it requires.
Abdel Latif said during press statements that the first attempt in the exam is an inherent right for every student and is held for free without tolerating any fees, noting that the prescribed cost applies only to the second attempt that is available to students who wish to improve their academic total in an optional way.
The Minister of Education affirmed the Ministry’s keenness to achieve justice and equal opportunities, explaining that unable and unable to define the law will be exempted from any fees, noting that the ministry has an accurate and integrated database that enables it to identify those who are entitled to exempt in full transparency and accuracy.
Education: prohibiting student transfers from public and private schools to the prohibited departments of high school
In a separate direction, the Ministry of Education and Technical Education announced the start of examining the transfers of students of the general secondary education, within the framework of intensive preparations for the new academic year 2025/2026, and to complete the efforts made by the ministry in order to control the student transfers process at the high school stage, and to achieve the principle of justice and equal opportunities among all students.
The Ministry has issued central instructions to organize the process of transfers between high school schools in all governorates, noting that it was decided to form a central committee in the Directorate’s General Court to examine transfers of first -year general secondary students to decide on the acceptance of the transfer or not, and the formation of a central committee in the Central Administration for General Education to examine the remittances of the second secondary school students, and the formation of a central committee in the General Administration of Secondary Education to examine the transfers of third -grade secondary school students, to decline in accepting acceptance Transfer or not.
The Ministry stated that all directorates must adhere to the following: forming a committee for each directorate to examine the files of the second and third secondary -second -year transfers received from it from its educational departments, and send them to the central committees formed in the Ministry’s general office, each class separately, under the supervision of the Director General of General Education in the Directorate (General Administration of Secondary Education), and ensuring that the files are met for transfer justifications, and preparing grouped and approved statements approved by transfers At the level of the directorate, each class separately, showing a copy of the reason for the transfer according to the prepared model, and sending it to the competent committees.
