More than 111,000 seventh and tenth grade pupils are sitting for a national external assessment exam today in Bulgarian language and literature. The exam in mathematics is on Friday. For seventh graders the exam results will be valid for admission to elite secondary schools. There will also be a foreign language test but it will be optional.
During the exams the students are to wear masks, no more than 10 school goers being admitted to each examination room.
Rooms for pupils who are under quarantine will be made available – as of 15 June sixteen 7th graders and forty-nine 10th graders.
The results of the national external assessment exams will be announced on 28 June.
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