Iraq grants one-time supplementary exam to failing middle and high school students

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has granted a one-time supplementary exam to third-year middle school and sixth-year high school students who failed the 2025–2026 academic year, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. The decision covers students across all subject areas whose year-end assessments were deemed insufficient. The ministry said the exam schedule and the designated testing centers will be announced by the relevant departments in the coming days. Conditions for eligibility and the subjects to be included in the supplementary exams will be set out in guidelines to be published through the ministry's official channels. The move gives students at risk of repeating the school year an additional chance to pass. No further details on the timetable or examination procedures were immediately available.