Egypt Explains New Rules for Baccalaureate and Secondary Certificates
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Egypt has a new school plan. The Minister of Education made new rules. The rules are about two certificates. One is the secondary certificate. The other is the new Baccalaureate.
The new Baccalaureate is a new kind of certificate. It is not the same as the old secondary certificate. Many people want to understand the new rules.
The school year will have 183 days. Students will study for many months. This is more days than before.
60% of the student's grade will come from evaluations. Evaluations are small tests during the year. The other part of the grade comes from big exams.
Students must choose a track. A track is a group of subjects. Students need to know about tracks before they choose.
Many families want more information. They want to know how the new certificate works. The Ministry will give more details soon.
Vocabulary5 words
- Minister
- an important person who leads a government department
- secondary
- school for older children, before university
- Baccalaureate
- a type of school certificate
- evaluations
- small tests or checks of student work
- track
- a group of subjects a student picks to study
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1. 183 2. 60% 3. True
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Egypt has a new school plan. The _____ of Education made new rules. The rules are about two certificates. One is the _____ certificate. The other is the new _____.
The new Baccalaureate is a new kind of certificate. It is not the same as the old secondary certificate.
The school year will have _____ days. Students will study for many months.
_____% of the student's grade will come from _____. Evaluations are small tests during the year.
Students must choose a _____. A track is a group of subjects.
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