Iraq's high school final exam results to be released next week

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's parliamentary Education Committee announced that results for the country's high school final exams will be released next week. Committee Vice Chairman Mahmoud al-Qaisi said the results for both the scientific and literary tracks will be published in the same period. Al-Qaisi said the vocational education track recorded a 55% success rate, describing it as a high level compared with previous years. He did not provide comparable data for the scientific and literary branches. The committee said the results website temporarily went offline because of heavy traffic from students and parents checking their scores. A committee official urged students to retry their queries once service is restored. No further details on the exact release date were immediately available.