GED second semester exams begin

MUSCAT: The exams of the second semester or first attempt of the General Education Diploma (GED) for the academic year 2017-2018 started on Sunday in 339 centres distributed across different educational governorates in the Sultanate. 49,515 students take the exams this year, including 41,613 in the General Education Diploma, 6,294 in the General Education Diploma (Adult Education), 1,324 in the General Education Diploma (Bilingual), 177 in the Diploma of General Education and Islamic Sciences, 42 in the General Education Diploma for the Royal Guard of Oman Technical College (Bilingual) and 65 in the General Education Diploma for Special Education.  — ONA