Opportunity available to join military colleges

An official source at the Evaluation Institute assured students sitting for the second round of the Secondary School Certificate examination for independent and semi- independent schools  that the opportunity is still available for them to join military colleges, saying that the EVI has sent letters to all military colleges in Qatar requesting an extension of the acceptance period until 20 / 8 / 2010 thus enabling them to apply after the announcement of their results. The letters also explained that independent schools certificates does grade students in terms of percentages, instead subjects are graded according to performance ( A, B, C, D,) which represent rates of excellent, and very good, good, and acceptable, whereas semi-independent schools use percentages to grade students.

Earlier on, EVI has sent messages to students sitting for the second round reminding them of the exams date and reinforcing that failure in any subject will lead the student to repeat the whole year. The message also indicated that students will be notified of results and date and place for receiving their certificates through the SEC website and SMS. It is worth mentioning that the second round of exams began on the 18^th of July and shall end on 27^th of July 2010.