Exams begin for over 3 m students

Today, over 3 million Saudi students will sit final exams of intermediate and secondary schools across the Kingdom.
“We have made preparations for the smooth operation of the examinations,” said Muhammad Al-Dokhaini, Education Ministry spokesman. A team of supervisors and experts has been appointed across the Kingdom.
He said students would be able to know the results through Noor electronic services. Results of intermediate schools will be out on June 3 and secondary schools on June 8. Results of Class 3 secondary students would be available on June 10.
Al-Dokhaini said the electronic service was instrumental in the early announcement of results, adding that it would help students complete procedures for higher studies at Saudi and foreign universities.
Information of secondary school graduates will be passed on to Saudi universities through the electronic service this year, beginning from June 15, he said.
Meanwhile, the Education Department in Riyadh has authorized a number of supervisors to visit schools in the region during the examination period. About 450,000 students are qualified to sit exams in the region.
Preparations have been completed for exams in the Eastern Province where nearly 200,000 students are expected to take the exams. Nearly 153,000 students in the Asir region are qualified to take the exams.
Some 150,000 students will write exams in Makkah, 120,000 in Taif, 100,000 in Tabuk, 82,000 in Qassim, 80,000 in Jazan, 59,000 in Hail, 50,000 in Najran, 40,000 in Madinah, 31,000 in the Northern Border Province and about 25,000 in Baha.