The results of the 2025/2026 eighth-grade national examination have been officially announced in Eritrea with 60% of the 65,876 students earning pass marks, APA can report form Asmara on Wednesday.
45% of these were female.
The examination was administered at 535 centres across Eritrea, as well as in Sudan and Saudi Arabia, according to Mr. Girma’alem Tekie, Head of Evaluation and National Examinations at the Ministry of Education.
He said 100% of the students who sat for the examination in Sudan and 99% of those who sat for it in Saudi Arabia earned pass marks.
The examination covered Mathematics, English Language, Civic Education, and Science.
Mr. Girma’alem noted that the efforts being undertaken to strengthen and expand preschools will have significant contribution to the improved results of the eighth-grade national examination and called for these efforts to be strengthened.
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