The secondary certificate exams and final exams of all grades of essential education will start Wednesday, May 24, in all liberated areas under supervision of the Interim Ministry of Education.
Mohammed Saleh Ahmado, member of the high committee of examination reported that number of registered students for exam of 2017 is 35,500 students of both genders, 13,500 of them are applicants of the secondary certificate examination, and 22.000 for the general and Sharea essential education.
In his talk to Ammar Johmani , Ahmado reported that the project of the seconday certificate exam was established as an alternative for students live in liberated areas of Syria and Lebanon and Jordan, and exams will be held in Damascus and countryside, Aleppo, Idlib, Daraa, Qunaitra countryside of Latakia, Hama and Homs, besides Lebanon and Jordan.
The member of the examination committee metioned that the curriculum of the Syrian government’s ministry of Education is adopted with some changes.
Ahmado mentioned that students who are granted the certificate of essential education, are eligible for joining the secondary schools, who are then prepaired to be able to apply for the secondary certificate examination. Then who pass the exam and granted the secondary certificate, can join government Universities in the country, and private universities in countries recognize the certificate.
According to the speaker, the secondary and essential education certificates are recognised by all ministries and institutions in the Interim Government. He confirmed that certificates enable students to join Universities in liberated areas like Universities of Aleppo and Idlib besides many institutions and faculties.
In regard to the certificates granted by the Interim Ministry of Education, the member of the high committee of Examination confirmed that official recognition was granted by the Turkish Ministry of Higher Teaching since 2014, and the French and German government have recognised the certificate in 2015, and many students wer granted an scholarship in these countries.
A well-informed source in the Directorate of Education located in the Northern Countryside of Homs told Ammar Johmani that the process of the examinations start by direction of the Interim Ministry of Education, then the directorate forward the indications to the heads of examination division via internet. The source added that 10 examination centres were established in Talbisah, Rastan, Zafaranah, Holeh, and this is the 4th year of examinations run by the Interim government
