Skopje, 1 June 2024 (MIA) - A total of 14,834 graduates are taking on Saturday their Native Language and Literature examination, the first external exam as part of the state high school graduation exam. Exams across the entire country started on time today. Students who will not pass the exam in June will have a second chance in August, director of the State Examination Center, Biljana Mihajlovska, said.

Mihajlovska, who visited “Orce Nikolov” high school in Skopje, said that 14,834 graduates are taking on Saturday their Native Language and Literature examination, which includes Macedonian language and literature, Albanian language and literature, and Turkish language and literature.

She informed that everything is proceeding in the best order and expressed her expectation for good news at the end of the exams, as well as for the students' results.

"If any student violates the rules by cheating, their exam will be invalidated," she added.

Mitko Dimovski, director of the "Orce Nikolov" high school, said that 276 students are taking exams today.

According to the State Examination Center, 10,088 high school graduates in the 2023-24 school year applied to take the Macedonian language exam; 4,189 applied for the Albanian language exam, and 315 applied for the Turkish language exam.

As their second exam, most students have opted to take an English language test (13,198 candidates); 1,356 high school seniors will take a Mathematics exam; 114 will take German; 37 will take French; 1 will take Russian; 1 will take Philosophy; and 84 will take an Aesthetics exam. The second exam will be taken on June 8.

Students who do not pass or fully complete the state graduation exam in the June session can apply for the August session, where the two external exams are scheduled for August 12 and 14.

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