80.76% students clear GED semester 1 examinations
As many as 54,943 male and female students sat for the GED exams and the overall success rate was 80.76 per cent.
Giving a breakup, the ministry explained the following: A total of 1,577 students sat for exams of the GED Diploma for private (bilingual) schools and the success rate was 91.05 per cent.
Forty-three students sat for the Technical General Education Diploma for the Royal Guard of Oman Technical College (bilingual) and the success rate was 100 per cent.
A total of 121 students sat for exams of the General Education and Islamic Sciences Diploma and the success rate was 100 per cent. Sixty-one students sat for the General Education Diploma of the Special Education segment and the success rate was 88.52 per cent.
A total of 138 students sat for the General Vocational and Technical Education Diploma exams and the success rate was 99.27 per cent. Results will be available with effect from 4 pm on Sunday. The results will be received through Omantel, Ooredoo and Vodafone. To get the results, short messages (SMS) containing the students' seat numbers must be sent to the number 90200.
The same results will be available later on the Oman Educational Portal. — ONA
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