During a press conference: The Minister of Education announces the specifications of the examination paper for the general secondary certificate for the year 2022-2023
Today, the Ministry of Education and Technical Education held a press conference. To announce the details of the specifications of the examination paper for the secondary school certificate 2022-2023.
Dr. Reda Hegazy affirmed his keenness on these meetings, which contribute to clarifying visions, stressing the important and supportive role of the media in developing the educational process in Egypt.
The minister said that the ministry is keen to inform students of the specifications of the examination paper for the general secondary certificate. To achieve the principle of equal opportunities, indicating that students should work hard and study well in preparation for the exams, explaining that a training exam form will be available for high school students on the Ministry’s website after half of the academic year, and links will also be made available to all relevant study materials for all topics and basic concepts in order to help Students master the process of achievement through multiple but specific sources centered around the core topics and concepts of each subject.
The minister said that the exams for the secondary school certificate for this year 2022-2023 will be on the Open Book system, and the concept booklet will be distributed. For the students to use it during the exam, explaining that the student will receive a booklet of questions, a Babylon sheet and another booklet to answer the essay questions, noting that Arabization continues this year for high school students.
He pointed out that the specifications of the examination paper for the general secondary certificate were prepared by the National Examinations Center, so that the examination paper includes multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and the return of short essay questions at a rate not exceeding 15% according to the nature of each subject, explaining that the number of questions will be the same as last year. With an increase in the number of questions assigned to it by one point.
He pointed out that the general secondary exams 2023 will be corrected electronically, away from the human element, by the rubrics system, and the score that the student obtains will be distributed over the answer, meaning that each part that the student answers is assigned a score, adding that a scan will be done for an image. The student's answer sheet for the essay questions on the correction system and send it to two correctors; For stability and accuracy of correction.
During the press conference, the minister discussed the student’s guide for the general secondary school completion certificate exam for the third grade of secondary school 2022-2023 and the number of questions and their types according to grades for the academic year 2022-2023. It has two degrees, and another is allocated to it (6) degrees. The guide also includes the total number of questions, the total score, and the test time for each subject.
As for the Arabic language essay questions, they include multiple-choice questions 85% and essay questions 15%. The exam will include 4 essay questions representing 15% of the grade, including an expression question with 6 degrees, and 3 questions each question with two degrees will be distributed to the branches of the subject. Literary reading questions will include a question from the prescribed story.
As for the first foreign languages (English, French, German): Essay questions include 2 essay questions, each question has two marks. These questions measure the student’s study of the prescribed story with questions that measure the higher levels of thinking and expressing the student’s opinion, in addition to a question for expression (4 marks). Where the student writes an essay or an e-mail (email) ranging from 150 to 250 words, according to the nature of the subject and the content of each language. As for translation questions, they will be among the substantive questions.
With regard to the second foreign languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese), the essay questions from the examination paper include two essay questions, each with three degrees, which are as follows: A writing production question, where the student writes from 25 to 30 words within the framework of the required topic, using the elements given in the question, and the question of an e-mail message, and the student responds to it in complete sentences according to what is required in the question. This is in all subjects of the second language except for the English language in which the question includes a short text whose number of words ranges from 80 to 100 words, and the student By answering what is asked of him through this text.
As for scientific subjects (physics - chemistry - biology - geology and environmental sciences), it includes multiple-choice questions 85%, and essay 15%, as well as for literary subjects (history - geography - psychology - sociology - philosophy), and mathematics in its various branches.
As for scientific subjects (physics - chemistry - biology - geology and environmental sciences), it includes multiple-choice questions 85%, and essay 15%, as well as for literary subjects (history - geography - psychology - sociology - philosophy), and mathematics in its various branches.
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