The exams of the General Secondary Education Certificate (Thanaweya AamaAround 953,000 students took the Arabic and religion tests, in the absence of the cheating issue that occurred last year through online schemes. Students expressed satisfaction with the Arabic exam, saying it was easy and that the questions were short and to the point. Tight security measures were taken across the governorates and few cases of cheating were observed. Reda Hegazi, head of the ministry’s general education sector, denied news about the exams being leaked. Meanwhile, Gamal Shiha, head of the parliamentary education committee, said the issue of online “cheating pages” will not occur again.

Source: Egypt Independent June 05, 2017 10:49 UTC