As the exams period approaches, schools are working hard to complete the curricula before starting the exam procedures for subjects excluded from the curricula in order to fully prepare for the end-of-year exams. In a related development, the Ministry of Education has announced the commencement of registration procedures for Grade 12 students applying for high school exams. Student records will be retrieved from the student record system starting April 13 and it will continue until April 24. The ministry said the school administrations will collect the lists of regular Grade 12 students, while the Examinations Supervision and Student Affairs Department in the educational districts will collect the lists of students under the home-school system.

These lists will be reviewed and verified before being sent to the Control Center for official approval. The ministry confirmed that it will issue the official lists of students taking the exams, as well as review and amend several data points such as the list of missing names in English, missing places of birth, missing nationality; list of exempted students; list of students who do not have Grade 10 or Grade 11 certificate; list of religious education students whose sect has not been specified; and list of religious education students whose foreign language has not been specified. It stressed the need to submit the necessary documents to make the required amendments before issuing the seat numbers to ensure the smooth conduct of exams. The ministry set April 24 as the deadline for receiving dropout reports among Grade 12 students. These reports will be sent to the concerned exam control center, along with the required documents for amendment before the issuance of seat numbers. This is part of the ministry’s preparations to make sure that all the required data are ready before the high school exams period.