(Phnom Penh): The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has issued a press release regarding the 2025 High School Diploma Examination (Bac II), which will take place on 28 August 2025.
According to the press release seen by Fresh News on Friday (Aug. 22), the ministry outlined the key dates of the examination process as follows:
- The written exams will be held over two days, from 28–29 August 2025.
- The scoring process will start from 31 August to 6 September 2025.
- The computerized scoring and verification will take place from 7–18 September 2025.
- The printing of results will be completed on 19 September 2025.
- The official announcement of results will be made on 20 September 2025 at all 25 provincial and municipal exam centers.
A total of 146,720 candidates have registered for the 28 August 2025 exam session, including 81,442 female candidates. Among them: 40,678 real science candidates (24,519 female) and 106,042 social science candidates (56,923 female).
Candidates will be arranged in groups of 25 per exam room, except for the last room or special education cases. There are a total of 241 exam centres nationwide, comprising 5,924 rooms: 72 centres (1,655 rooms) for the real science and 169 centres (4,269 rooms) for the social science. Ten scoring centres will operate in Phnom Penh.
Following the recent armed clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border, the ministry reviewed and arranged special measures for candidates from Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces:
1. All candidates from these provinces will take the exam on 28 August like other provinces.
2. Six displaced students (4 from Preah Vihear, 2 from Oddar Meanchey) are allowed to relocate and sit for the exam in Phnom Penh, Battambang, Pursat, and Kampong Speu.
3. Preah Vihear candidates will take the exam within the province across four schools used as exam centres.
4. Six designated sites in Preah Vihear city will serve as accommodation for candidates.
5. Oddar Meanchey candidates will take the exam in Puok district, Siem Reap province, across two schools (73 rooms).
6. The Oddar Meanchey provincial administration will coordinate transport and accommodation.
7. Four primary schools in Puok district will host candidates lacking housing.
Each exam stream consists of seven subjects, prepared and supervised by the ministry. Exams are presented in two formats: written board copies and printed handouts for candidates.
The exam process will involve 31,203 personnel, including 4,256 officials from the Ministry and 26,947 from provinces and municipalities. This includes 19,947 staff for the writing process, 10,500 for marking, and 756 for computerized scoring.
The 28 August 2025 Bac II examination will be conducted under the principles of legality, fairness, transparency, and merit-based results, with the motto: “Those who possess the knowledge will pass the exam”.
To ensure security, order, and health safety, the Ministry will continue close cooperation with six institutions: the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, Royal Gendarmerie, Anti-Corruption Unit, Electricité du Cambodge, and the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia.
The Ministry also published candidate lists three times for verification (18 August, 21 August, and 27 August 2025) and on its official website since 20 August.
The Ministry urged all candidates to strictly follow exam regulations, especially prohibiting electronic devices or unauthorized materials in exam rooms. Any violation will result in automatic disqualification.
=FRESH NEWS
