On Monday, the Ministry of Education clarified that holding tests and state exams on municipal holidays is unavoidable and has been happening for two decades because nearly half of the days in June fall on local holidays.
“In the calendars of tests and exams over the past 20 years, it can be seen that they have always been held on municipal anniversaries, so this is not a special situation for the 2022/23 academic year. The calendar is identical to that of the transatos years,” the Ministry of Education explained in a statement sent to newsrooms this Monday.
School principals criticized the fact that some comparative tests and national exams were scheduled on municipal holidays in some parts of the country, calling into question the efficiency of the tests and difficulties with student transport or meals in school cafeterias.
The Ministry of Education shows that this is an unavoidable situation, considering that in the month of June, “in which tests and examinations are held every year, municipal holidays are held on 13 of the 30 days of the month, in 79 different municipalities.”
The guardian reminds that tests must be taken at the same time to “guarantee and guarantee equality, fairness between students taking tests, and their privacy, and it is not practical to take tests on different days.”
“Without changing the number of days on which tests and exams are held, and observing the intervals established by law between different tests and between the first and second stages, it is impossible to introduce a calendar that does not include municipal holidays, so there is nothing new in the raised situation,” concludes the ministry. .
Currently passing certification tests for students of the 2nd year. 5th and 8th graders who take digital tests for the first time.
In June, the national tests for 9th grade students begin, followed by the national tests for secondary school students, which this year are again required only for those wishing to enter higher education.
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