Exams for 6th, 9th grades to continue despite leak

AMMAN — The Education Ministry will continue the unified tests for sixth and ninth graders on Sunday despite the leak of test papers.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the ministry’s planning committee, chaired by Minister of Education Mohammad Thneibat, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The committee said that it will ensure justice and that no students benefit from the leaked exam papers, adding that the unified tests constitute 4.8 per cent of a student’s total score in all subjects, Petra said. 

Copies of the unified ministry tests for sixth and ninth graders were leaked on Thursday, as the Education Ministry said it will hold responsible schools to account.

While 320,000 sixth and ninth graders were sitting for their first unified Arabic and English exams, copies of the test papers went viral on news websites and social media networks.