Port Sudan , December 29(Darfur 24) The Sudanese secondary school certificate exams kicked off on Saturday afternoon in a number of centers inside and outside Sudan.
The head of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, rang the bell in the city of Suakin in the Red Sea State, marking the start of the secondary school certificate exams, and sent reassurances to students to ensure that the exams proceed normally.
About 27,000 students wrote the first session of the secondary school certificate exams in the Karari locality in the city of Omdurman in Khartoum State, amidst an atmosphere of security fears that the centers would be targeted by random bombing.
The governor of Khartoum provided buses to transport students from their residential areas to the exam centers, in a move he said aims to ensure that students reach the exam centers without delay.
27,580 male and female students sat for secondary schools exams in 129 exam centers in Gedaref State. The Director General of the Ministry of Education in the state, Al-Fateh Al-Safi, said in press statements that they have harnessed all capabilities to ensure that the exams proceed as required.
In the Egyptian capital, Cairo, students in the cities of Greater Cairo and Giza wrote the first exam sessions for the subject of Islamic Education, amid an atmosphere described by observers as confusing due to the delay of the control in delivering the students’ seating numbers. The responsible authority also failed to deliver the supervisors the monitoring schedules even after the first session had ended.
The opinions of female students at the Al-Aman Preparatory School Center in Dokki varied regarding the subject of Islamic Education.
The student “M. A.” told “Darfur 24” that her performance was above average, noting that the exam questions were within the curriculum, while other students described the exam as good.
In Libya, 500 male and female students from the expatriate students sat for the first session of the secondary school certificate exams at the British University Center in Benghazi. The Sudanese Consul in Benghazi said in statements to the media that conducting the exams in Libya was the result of cooperation between the Libyan Ministry of Education, the British University in Libya, and the Sudanese Friendship School in Libya.
The war in Sudan has prevented students in 9 states from writing exams completely, and in 3 states from sitting exams partially, according to the Sudanese Teachers Committee. Chad has also apologized for holding the Sudanese secondary school certificate exams on its territory.