Iraq sets second-term exams for students returning from Iran at same host schools

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has announced that Iraqi students who completed their first-term exams in Iraqi schools will take their second-term exams at the same host schools where they sat the first round. The decision was issued by the ministry's Directorate General of Evaluation and Examinations. The directive also covers Iraqi students who had been studying at Iraqi schools in Iran and returned to Iraq because of events and conditions in the region. These students will be treated under the same arrangement and will sit their second-term exams at the host schools in the areas where they took their first-term exams, the ministry said. The ministry said the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the exams are conducted fairly and in an orderly manner. It added that exam venues will not be changed so that students do not face any disruption or hardship. No further details on the exam timetable or the number of affected students were immediately available.