The Ministry of Education has firmly rejected widespread claims suggesting the high school physics exam was either excessively difficult or leaked ahead of time, calling the circulating reports and images “completely inaccurate.”
The allegations emerged on several social media platforms and websites shortly after students sat for the national secondary school physics examination on Thursday morning.
Posts described the exam as significantly more challenging than in previous years and alleged that copies of the test paper had been shared on online cheating networks before the exam began.
In an official statement released by the ministry, officials dismissed the images and papers shared online, stating that they “have no connection to the actual exams held for students this morning.”
The ministry reaffirmed the integrity of the exam process, insisting that the question papers remain fully secure from the moment they leave the central distribution hubs to their delivery at exam committees across the country.
“No one knows the level of the physics exam,” the statement read. “Questions are fully secure.” The ministry also stressed that these false reports aim to create confusion and unnecessary panic among students and parents during the high-pressure final exam season.
The physics exam took place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and was administered to students in both the science and mathematics departments, across both the new and old educational systems.
Meanwhile, students in the arts stream sat for their history exam.
Blind students completed their foreign language paper, while pupils enrolled in Egypt’s specialized science and technology schools undertook their Conceptual Measurements (English) assessment.
The ministry urged media outlets and the public to rely only on official channels for information about national examinations and reiterated its commitment to ensuring fairness, transparency and the security of the examination process.
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