The Ministry of Education and Technical Education confirmed that the initial evaluation for the first and second grades of primary school is scheduled to be held from December 8 to 10, 2025, in schools in 13 governorates, namely (Cairo, Menoufia, Qalyubia, Dakahlia, Sharqia, Gharbia, Port Said, Kafr El-Sheikh, Damietta, Ismailia, Suez, North Sinai, and South Sinai). Sinai)
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education said, as for the schools in the rest of the governorates, the initial evaluation for the first and second grades of primary school is scheduled to be held from December 14 to 17, 2025, according to the time map for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education explained that the difference in the timing of holding the initial evaluation for the first and second grades of primary school came due to the dates for repeating the second stage in the 2025 House of Representatives elections.
In this context, the education directorates announced the initial evaluation schedule for the first and second grades of primary school
Details of assessments for the first and second grades of primary school
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education said, evaluations are limited The first and second grades of primary school include subjects (Arabic language – foreign language – mathematics)
The date of the mid-year exams is 2026
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education confirmed that there will be no change in the date of the 2026 midterm exams, officially approved by the Minister of Education before the start of the current academic year 2025/2026.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education said: The date of the 2026 mid-year exams for transfer classes, according to the time map approved by the Minister of Education, Education and Technical Education, Mohamed Abdel Latif, for the current academic year 2025/2026, is scheduled to be January 10, 2026, and will continue until January 15, 2026.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education added: As for the date of the 2026 mid-term exams for preparatory certificate students, the time map for the current academic year 2025/2026 indicated that it has been decided to start the preparatory certificate exams for the first term from January 17, 2026 until January 22, 2026.
Mid-year exam schedule for 2026
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education confirmed that the schedule for the 2026 mid-year exams will be prepared and announced by the directorates of education and educational departments. The schedule for the 2026 mid-year exams will not be unified across the republic, like the schedule for high school exams and the schedule for technical diploma exams.
The Ministry of Education said: The 2026 mid-term exam schedule will take into account that no exams will be held on holidays, in implementation of the instructions of the Minister of Education and Technical Education.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education decided that the last week of each semester would be allocated for review, stressing that the aforementioned dates include all the different stages of education in public, official, and private language schools.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education also decided to limit the performance of assessments for the first and second grades of primary school to subjects (Arabic language – foreign language – mathematics only).
