Principals of schools for Al-Sharq: 85-95% students’ success rates in the midterm exams

Public schools have completed the process of reviewing and monitoring the results of the second mid-semester exams on the NSIS student information system for grades one through eleven, in preparation for issuing draft certificates and official certificates on the public services portal for all grades, starting on the 21st of the same month. School principals confirmed to Al-Sharq that the indicators of students’ results in mid-semester exams are satisfactory in most subjects, with success rates ranging between 85% and 95%, while achievement rates (high rates) range between 70% and 85% in most subjects. They point out that some subjects may have low achievement rates, such as mathematics and scientific subjects at the secondary level, and here each school sets the necessary plans to raise achievement in these subjects during the second half of the second semester after returning from leave. Professor Fahd Al-Derham, Principal of Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Secondary School for Boys, said that all preliminary indicators of students’ results in tests so far indicate high rates of academic achievement among students in some subjects, compared to the tests of the first semester, as students achieved success rates in some subjects that exceeded 95%, and other tests in which they achieved success rates from 80 to 85% in scientific subjects such as physics and biology in the tenth and eleventh grades, and mathematics and English for grades seven to nine, and success rates may differ from one school to another from one grade to another, but in a way Initial results indicate that the success rates may exceed 92%, which is a very good percentage and an indication of achieving added value. Academic achievement added "As for academic achievement rates, students achieved high rates that exceeded 70% in some subjects such as Arabic language, Islamic education, history, and geography, while achievement rates in other subjects – especially scientific subjects – reached 60%, and what matters to every school is the achievement ratios. more than success rates, so the school will carefully study and analyze the results of all tests to develop appropriate remedial plans after returning from mid-semester vacation". Mr. Ibrahim Al-Muhannadi, the principal of Abdullah bin Ali Al-Misnad Preparatory School, added that the success rates in his school are satisfactory, as well as the achievement rates, but the school constantly seeks to raise the achievement rates through a number of procedures and remedial plans, so once approved certificates are issued in the middle of next week, it will The school administration analyzed the results and developed a plan under the supervision of the school principal and the academic deputy to raise students’ averages in subjects in which students achieved achievement rates of less than 70%. He added that the students conducted mid-semester exams in two or three academic units at most for each subject, which is a simple educational subject that the student can understand well during the last period, and achieve good marks, in addition to that the specifications of the tests were balanced, and their aim is to measure the student’s skills and knowledge depth. Achieving any result will not have a significant impact on the final outcome of the student, because there is still another test waiting for him with greater scores, and the middle test is a good way to measure the level of the student, and to develop appropriate remedial plans to improve his academic level, so there is no need for all this concern that Parents get upset. Positive indicators He pointed out that the school administrations adhered during the examination period to all the instructions of the Educational Guidance Department, including ensuring that classes continue throughout the examination period according to the prepared quarterly plans, and the regularity of classes according to the usual daily school schedule, in addition to occupying classes to ensure that students are able to Knowledge and skills necessary for good learning, and compensating for educational loss among students through revision lessons according to the quarterly plan, enrichment lessons, and efficiency-raising lessons. This certainly helped them prepare well and achieve high rates. As for Mr. Jassim Al-Muhannadi, Director of Omar bin Abdulaziz Secondary School for Boys, he reassured parents about the students’ success in the mid-semester exams, and confirmed that the process of correcting the exams has been completed, and is awaiting review by the mentors of the Educational Guidance Department at the Ministry of Education for approval and then submitting it. On the national student information system, in preparation for the issuance of certificates on March 21, explaining that all indicators are positive, and student rates have increased significantly. Promising results. He noted that the exams came from the subjects decided according to the plan sent by the Educational Guidance Department, and consisted of objective questions in all areas after each other, as well as essay questions, with the distribution of questions to cover all standards and lessons included in each field, and the questions focused on goals and values. And the ideas that must be provided to the student, taking into account the levels of cognitive depth, memory, understanding and higher skills. In turn, Mr. Ismail Shams, the principal of Omar Bin Al-Khattab Secondary School for Boys, said that the results are very promising, and the academic achievement rates reached 85% in some subjects, and the students’ results improved in some subjects such as English and mathematics, unlike the first semester, while the percentages exceeded Success is the barrier of 90%, pointing out that the subjects in which the students achieved low achievement rates, and most of them are scientific subjects, the school will develop a treatment plan to improve the level and raise the averages during the exams at the end of the second semester.