Over 72 Percent of Grade 12 Students Pass Their High School Exams

Some 72.33 percent, or 90,950 out of 128,134 high school students who have registered for the upper secondary exams, obtained their baccalaureate, according to a press release of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports issued this afternoon.

Among the successful students, the source pointed out, 1,049 got grade A; 7,232 grade B; 19,053 grade C; 31,166 grade D; and 32,450 grade E.

The official results will be announced this afternoon for Phnom Penh’s and Kandal province’s exam centres, and tomorrow for those in other provinces.

This year’s high school exams took place on Dec. 5-6 in 5,174 classrooms at 221 exam centres across the country.

In 2021, the success rate among high school students was 65.65 percent. Of the graduates, 1,753 earned grade A; 5,215 grade B; 11,634 grade C; 23,499 grade D; and 29,915 grade E.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press