1,500 students apply online for the 2005 Tawjihi exam in the Gaza Strip.

Today, Saturday, approximately 1,500 male and female students from the Gaza Strip took the third (supplementary) round of the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi), which is intended for students who have not completed more than two subjects in the 2023 academic year exams.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education launched this course online, as part of an exceptional arrangement adopted due to the emergency conditions facing the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli war of extermination.

Minister of Education and Higher Education Amjad Barham said in a press conference held at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah that the exams began this morning electronically via a special software, after all necessary technical arrangements were completed. He explained that this session is for students born in 2005 who were unable to apply for the third session, which was scheduled for December 12, 2023, and was postponed due to the aggression on Gaza.

For his part, Ministry spokesman Sadiq Al-Khudur told WAFA that the exam will be held in two stages: the first will start at 9:00 a.m. and will continue until 11:00 a.m., and the second will start at 2:00 p.m. and will continue until 4:00 p.m. He noted that some students will take one subject, while others will take two.

Al-Khudour explained that the ministry had conducted a pilot test last Thursday to verify technical readiness before the official exams began.

He added that the ministry will later announce arrangements for holding high school exams for students born in 2006 and 2007. The session for those born in 2006 (2024 high school) will be held after this stage is completed, followed by the session for those born in 2007 (2025 high school), according to the same electronic mechanisms.

He pointed out that the number of high school students in the Gaza Strip over the past two years has reached approximately 78,000, 4,000 of whom were martyred as a result of the aggression, while another 4,000 sat for the exams abroad. Approximately 70,000 students, born between 2006 and 2007, remain and will sit for the exams in the next phase.