Minister of Education and Higher Education, H E Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi.
DOHA: Minister of Education and Higher Education, H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi endorsed yesterday the results of the first round of examinations of the general and specialised Secondary School Certificate for the academic year 2017/2018.
“The pass percentage in day schools reached 73.23 percent and 24.20 percent in adult education,” said Khalid Al Harqan, Director of the Evaluation Authority at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Ministry, yesterday.
He said that the success rate at the Religious Institute Preparatory Secondary School for Boys was 93.55 percent, 68.31 percent at Qatar Secondary Technical School for Boys, and 77.97 percent at Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School for Boys.
“The percentages of those who received top 10 places in the Secondary Certificate were not less than 99.38 percent,” said Al Harqan.
He added that Minister of Education and Higher Education called Khalid Ramadan Farih Ahmed Farih from Musab bin Omair Secondary School for Boys, who topped the examination of the secondary certificate with 99.75 percent, and Amna Mohammed Issa Shaheen Al Mannai, a girl student from Bayan Secondary School for Girls who was ranked first among Qatari students with 99.5 percent and secured fifth place in the secondary certificate examination.
“A total of 1,482 students obtained 90 percent marks and above in the general secondary certificate examination. The students who secured 70 percent and above marks accounted 4,668,” said Al Harqan.
He said that a total of 10,240 students from government schools appeared in the final examination of secondary certificate this year under a total of 59 examination committees; 32 committees for boys and 27 committees for girls.
He added that a total of 1931 students will appear in the second round of the examination. A total of 400 students were not allowed to appear in the examination because of lack of required attendance.
“The results of the examination was posted on official website of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education under a link https://nateeja.edu.gov.qa/. To get the result in details including passing marks, the students are required to type their personal ID Number,” said Al Harqan.
He said that the schools are expected to get mark-sheets and certificates of secondary school examination starting from Thursday, suggesting the students to obtain the certificates from their schools accordingly.
The Minister of Education and Higher Education extended sincere congratulations to the students who passed the examination, their parents, teachers, school principals and all those who contributed to this success. He also expressed his special congratulations to the student who achieved the first place at the Secondary School Certificate level, and the student who achieved the first place at the level of Qatari students.
