Saudi Gazette report

MADINAH — About 2.7 million boy and girl students in the intermediate and secondary schools all over the Kingdom will sit for their first semester examinations on Sunday.

As many as 47 departments of education have completed their arrangements for the examinations according to time plans which have earlier been completed.

The Ministry of Education has asked the safety and security teams, the school health departments and the guidance sections to buckle up and be ready for the examinations.

Scrutiny, follow-up and technical support teams were already established to do their jobs through the Noor system.

Several principals of government and private schools have claimed that their schools are ready for the examinations.

With the university and primary schools, the Kingdom has over six million boy and girl students.