Illusions end - Catastrophic failure in Modern Greek

The worst grades of recent years were given by the philologists who corrected this year's writings of Modern Greek. As it turns out, the average candidate secured about eight out of twenty.

The new catastrophic failure in Nea Ellinika, is noted in the aftermath of the reactions to the much-discussed topic of the report, about the end of the illusions and once again, puts the Ministry of Education in a difficult position. At the same time, it brings back the unanswered questions, about the structure and the content of the exam papers. It is reminded that the averages of the course during the previous five years were: 9,48 in the last year, 9,52 in 2013 and 8,88 in 2012. In 2011, the candidates just managed to pass the base, after scoring 10,07, while in 2010 the average was 9,95. It is emphasized that the initial scores are taken into account for the purpose of issuing the diploma. It is estimated that they will be announced next Monday 29 or Tuesday 30 June. At the same time, the first distribution of places in the HEIs of Cyprus will be announced. Afterwards, the interested parties will be asked to fill in their applications for Greece and as it is known, they will wait until the end of August for the results. . The remaining 8.619 participated in the exams only for dismissal from the High School / Technical School. The initial scores of the 5.902 candidates who took part in the Pancyprian Examinations this year were posted yesterday afternoon on the website of the Ministry of Education (at www.moec.gov.cy.Source: FILELEFTHEROS