Friday is the end of the year-end exams… and 4 controls govern the make-up exams for two categories of students

The day after tomorrow, Friday, students in grades five to twelfth in public and private schools that follow the Ministry of Education’s curriculum will lower the curtain on the end-of-semester (end-of-year) exams for the academic year 2025-2026, at a time when the stage of make-up exams begins directly during the period from 6 to 9 of this July, which is designated for students whose valid excuses or technical problems prevented them from taking the final exams on time.

On Friday, twelfth grade students take their last exams in biology, concluding the marathon of final exams for the current academic year, while July 3 is the last day of work for students, before moving to the make-up exams stage, in preparation for completing the procedures for monitoring results and ending the work of the academic year.

A package of requirements

In this context, the Ministry of Education has adopted a package of regulatory requirements to ensure that make-up tests are implemented in accordance with the highest standards of discipline and fairness, ensuring equal opportunities for all students, and maintaining the integrity of the evaluation system.

The Ministry explained, in regulatory directives seen by Emirates Today, that benefiting from make-up tests is limited to only two categories: students who missed final exams with an acceptable excuse, and students who were exposed to documented technical problems that affected their performance of electronic tests, stressing that these tests do not include any other cases.

Official accreditation

The Ministry has obligated school administrations to include the data of students who are absent with approved excuses or who were previously technically affected in the approved electronic link for cases of absence and technical malfunctions, provided that these cases are subject to official approval by the school operations sector or the competent educational authority, as this is a basic condition for allowing the student to take the make-up test.

She stressed the need to verify the validity and accuracy of the data of the students who will take the tests remotely, and to review all documents supporting the case and have them approved by the relevant educational sector, before enabling them to take the tests, in a way that ensures the safety and accuracy of the procedures.

No exceptions

The Ministry affirmed the commitment of schools to implement all controls and procedures contained in the Manual for Organizing and Managing Tests, without any exceptions, with the aim of unifying implementation mechanisms in various public and private schools applying the ministerial curriculum, and ensuring that tests are conducted according to unified standards.

She stressed the importance of notifying students included in make-up tests and their parents of their specific dates as soon as they are approved, while noting that these dates represent the only opportunity to take the test, as no other alternative opportunity will be provided for those who miss it, which requires full commitment to attendance at the scheduled times.