The school year in the Costa and Galapagos regime will end on Thursday, February 23, with only seven working days left considering that Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st are national holidays due to Carnival.
Students who pass the year without having to take supplementary exams will start vacation the next day, but those who must take said test, remedial or grace exams have to adjust to the schedule designed for that.
Classes resume after the New Year’s holiday and on the Coast the 2022-2023 school period has 35 days left
The supplementary, remedial and grace exams will be applied to students from the eighth year of Basic General Education. This type of test is not required for students who study levels below that indicated, in which case the National Educational Authority must design the evaluation methods, according to the skills developed.
What does the regulation of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education say?
Supplemental examination
Article 212 states that if a student obtained an annual average score of five (5) to six point nine (6.9) out of ten as a final grade for any subject, they may take a supplementary cumulative exam, which will be a structured base test. .
The supplementary exam will be given within a period of 15 days after the publication of the final grades.
And the educational institution must offer reinforcement classes during those 15 days prior to the application of the supplementary exam, in order to prepare the students who must take it.
To pass a subject through the supplementary exam, a minimum grade of seven out of ten (7/10) must be obtained, without approximations. The final average of a subject approved by means of a supplementary exam will always be that score.
remedial examination
It is rendered by the student who obtained an average annual score of less than five out of ten (5/10) as a final grade for any subject or who has not passed the supplementary exam, according to article 213.
In this case, the teacher of the corresponding subject must prepare a schedule of academic activities that each student will have to complete at home with the help of their family, so that 15 days before the start date of classes for the new school year (2023- 2024), take this cumulative test only once.
The remedial exam consists of a structured basic test, the same as the supplementary one.
To pass a subject through the remedial exam, a minimum grade of seven out of ten (7/10) must be obtained, without approximations. The final average of a subject passed through a remedial exam will always be seven out of ten (7/10).
If a student fails remedial exams in two or more subjects, they must repeat the grade or course.
grace test
According to article 214 of the regulations of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education, in the event that a student fails a remedial exam of a single subject, they will take a grace exam five days before the start of the school year (2023-2024).
If you pass this exam, you will be promoted to the higher grade or course, but if you fail it, you must repeat the previous grade or course.
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Holidays for public sector teachers
According to the Education portfolio, public sector teachers will enjoy their vacations from March 15 to April 13, 2023 (30 uninterrupted days), complying with the provisions of literal s) of article 10 of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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