Skopje, 5 August 2025 (MIA) – The average grade from the two external exams of the state high school graduation exam held in the June session is 3.69.

Minister of Education and Science, Vesna Janevska and the State Examination Centre Director, Daniela Jovchevska-Mihajlovska, presented the results at a press conference on Tuesday. A total of 15,004 students registered to take the exams in the June session, across all types of education (general, vocational and arts) and in all languages of instruction. Around 3% of the candidates did not attend the exams.

Janevska expressed satisfaction that the results were better than last year, when the average grade was 3.26, and also because there were not many cases of cheating attempts. As she stated, 172 students attempted to cheat and “outsmart” the system.

A total of 507 appeals were filed across all subjects.

The Native Language and Literature exam (in Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, and Serbian), which is compulsory for all high school graduates, was held on May 31, while the second, elective exam took place on June 11.

Students who did not pass the state graduation exam in June, or did not complete it fully, will retake it during the August session.

The Native Language and Literature exam (in Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish, or Serbian) will be held on August 12, and the elective external exam (in Mathematics, English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Philosophy, or Aesthetics) will take place on August 14.

Since 2007, the state graduation exam has been held during June and August sessions. The only exception was at the end of the 2019/2020 school year, when it was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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