5 Regulatory requirements for make-up tests for students 3-12

The Ministry of Education has set a set of regulatory requirements for the make-up tests for the end of the first semester of the academic year 2025/2026, designated for students in grades three through twelfth, in order to ensure discipline in the evaluation process and achieve justice among applicants.

The five conditions
The Ministry stated, through the examination guidelines reviewed by Emirates Today, that the five requirements focus on applying the make-up test only to students who are absent with an acceptable excuse from the end of the first semester exams, or who faced technical problems during their performance.

She added: “It is required that the data of absent or technically affected students be previously included by the school administration in the approved cases of absence and technical malfunction link, and that it be officially approved by the school operations sector or the competent educational authority.”

Student data
She explained: “Schools are committed to verifying the validity and accuracy of the data of students applying for remote tests, and reviewing their identification documents and approving them by the educational sector before enabling them to take the test.”

She stressed the importance of implementing all procedures contained in the guide for organizing and administering tests without exception, to ensure unified implementation mechanisms in all schools.

She stressed the importance of notifying the targeted students and their parents of the dates specified for the make-up tests, stressing that there is no other alternative opportunity for those who miss these dates.

Test schedule
In light of compliance with these requirements, the Ministry of Education has attached the timetables for make-up exams for grades 3 to 12, stressing its keenness to provide a fair opportunity for students whose acceptable conditions or technical malfunctions prevented them from taking the exams on their original date.

According to the exam schedules seen by Emirates Today, exams begin on Monday, the eighth of December, with 12th grade students (general, advanced, and elite) taking the physics test in the morning period from 09:00 to 10:30, followed on the same day by the social studies test in the second period from 10:30 to 11:30 for all tracks.

English and Chemistry
On Tuesday, the ninth of December, students take the English language test in the first period from 09:00 to 10:30, where the 12th grade students submit the written part electronically in addition to the electronic reading part, and this is followed by the chemistry test for students of the general, advanced, and elite tracks in the second period from 10:30 to 11:30.

Exams continue on Wednesday, December 10, with a mathematics test for students in the general, advanced, and elite tracks in the first period from 09:00 to 10:30.

“Arabic and Islamic”
On Thursday, December 11, 12th grade students in all tracks will take the Arabic language test in the morning period from 09:00 to 10:30, followed by the Islamic education test in the second period from 10:30 to 11:30.

The students will conclude the make-up exam race on Friday, December 12, with a biology test, which students take in the general, advanced, and elite tracks in a uniform period extending from 09:00 to 11:00, which is the last day of the make-up exams for the first semester.