CNI News
2 July 2023

The students who failed in the Matric examinations in the 2022-2023 academic year (old system) were not allowed to attend high schools in the 2023-2024 academic year and they could sit for the Matric examination as external students, said the ministry of education.

The students who failed in the old matriculation system would need to learn the lessons of Grade 11 and Grade 12 from new system when they attend external tuitions, said a townshp education officer in northern Shan State to CNI News.

" An official statement has not been issued. We have told that they have to attend external tuitions and sit for Matric exam as external students. They have to learn the lessons from Grade 10 to Grade 12 for three years and then they have to sit for Grade 12 examination of new matriculation system." he said.

 high school students

2022-2023 academic year was the last for old matriculation system, said in a statement released by the ministry of education. In the previous years those who failed in the Matric exam for the first time were allowed to school again for a year.

As an official statement relating to whether the students who failed in the Matric exam were allowed to attend school again or not has not been issued, it would be convenient for them to rely on external tuitions, said U Aung Din, a local from Samee Township in Chin State to CNI News.

"I'm not sure whether they can attend school again. I've heard that they have to sit for Grade 12 exam. I think they will rely on external tuitions. They will be getting on well with externaml tuitions, I think" he said.

There is just a little difference between the cuuriculum of new system and that of old system.  

161,850 students sat for Matric exam in 2023 and those who passed the exam were 109,851. 67.87 persent passed.