The excellent exam results of secondary school certificate for the academic year 2018-19 is the reflection of great achievement of the state plan and commitment to ensure high quality education in the country following Qatar National Vision 2030. The results showed that the number of students who obtained 70 percent marks and above increased to 5,859 students this year from 4,668 students last year.
This year, the number of the students obtained 90 percent marks and above reached 1,960 including 464 Qatari students. The students of the streams of technical, banking and business administration also secured very high passing percentage.
The students of Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School obtained the highest, 92.96 passing percent. However, 79.39 percent students of Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School passed the exam.
Qatar had formed national committee for education 2030 to monitor the implementation of the national education for all plan in partnership with relevant ministries and entities under the fourth goal of the sustainable development plan on education.
The country started to shift to a knowledge-based economy as an enabling element of social and economic progress, part of Qatar National Vision 2030 which sets goals in sustainable development in all sectors.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced on Wednesday the results of the first round of examinations of the general and specialised Secondary School Certificate for the academic year 2018-19.
The percentage of those who passed in day schools reached 82.9 percent and 32.42 percent in adult education. The passing rate of Religious Institute Preparatory Secondary School for Boys was 78.18 percent, and 79.39 percent at Qatar Secondary Technical School for Boys, and 92.96 percent at Qatar Banking Studies and Business Administration School.
The results, despite the remarks on the difficulty of some tests in some subjects, is an improvement on previous years, this can be attributed to the high level of achievement of students, which in turn increased the success rate, in addition to the efforts of the Ministry and its departments.
The distribution of marks by allocating 40 percent for the first semester and 60 percent for the second semester also helped to compensate for some students with deficiencies in certain subjects, indicating that the percentage obtained by students in the second semester came better than the first one, pointing out that there is a great convergence in the success rates in some subjects, and that the results in overall better than the previous academic year.
Laila Yasser Ali Abdul Wahab Al Mansi from Al Kawthar Secondary School for girls and Roaa Bassam Ahmad Mohammed Ali from Al Wakra Secondary School for girls topped the examination of the secondary certificate with 100 percent.
A total of 1,567 students will appear in the second round of the examination. The Ministry’s objective is to raise the level of student achievement and improve the outputs in terms of the quality and efficiency of high school graduates to compete in the entry of the finest universities and to be an important contributor to advancing the development process in the country.
