Lebanon cancels Brevet exams and introduces revised Baccalaureate system

In a significant shift affecting thousands of students, Lebanon announces sweeping changes to official examinations and curriculum structure.

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Lebanon cancels Brevet exams and introduces revised Baccalaureate system

Press conference of Minister of Education Rima Karami. (Houssam Shbaro)

The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Rima Karami, announced "the cancellation of the Brevet exams for this year" and confirmed that "school grades and internal exams will be used as an alternative to the Brevet exams".

Photos by colleague Houssam Shbaro

Regarding the Baccalaureate exams, Minister Karami stated in a press conference: "We made a difficult decision to reduce the curriculum. There will be no optional subjects in the general Baccalaureate, but the greatest reduction was in history, geography, and national education."

She added: "We decided to adopt three consecutive sessions for the official exams, and each student has the right to participate in two consecutive sessions. The decision for the three sessions was made in consideration of the students' circumstances."

Lebanon cancels Brevet exams and introduces revised Baccalaureate system

Lebanon cancels Brevet exams and introduces revised Baccalaureate system

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