DUBAI: Elated students took to Lebanon’s streets to celebrate after the cabinet agreed to exempt them from official exams on Thursday. Official Baccalaureate exams were cancelled, ministers said, “due to the exceptional circumstances and difficult security conditions the country is facing”. The decision came after education minister Rima Karami had previously insisted students carry on as normal, dates unchanged despite the ongoing hostilities and the death of university student Theodosia James Karam and her brother and father.

DUBAI: Elated students took to Lebanon’s streets to celebrate after the cabinet agreed to exempt them from official exams on Thursday. Official Baccalaureate exams were cancelled,…

Lebanon has canceled its national exams for the year due to the war and ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, following weeks of pressure on the Education Ministry.

Lebanon scraps official secondary school baccalaureate exams amid deteriorating security, with students assessed on year-round performance instead.