Africa News of Monday, 28 September 2020

Source: bbc.com

DR Congo releases final year high school exam results

The exams were delayed for five months because of coronavirus (BBC) The exams were delayed for five months because of coronavirus (BBC)

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has published the baccalaureate results - final year secondary school results - following the Covid-19 disruption of the school year.

The results were published on Sunday by the secondary school ministry. They mark the end of the school year.

There were more than 150,000 candidates in the capital, Kinshasa, alone.

The exams were done early this month after a five-month delay.

The education ministry announced that the next school year would start on 12 October.