The Ministry of Education has announced that schools will hold makeup examinations for students.
The examinations are mandatory for students that were unable to do their first semester examinations and voluntary for students that did their first semester examinations, however wish to improve their results.
These apply to students from Grade 4 to Grade 12, and will be held from 10 to 14 January.
Grades 4 to 11 will have their examinations conducted remotely whereas Grade 12 will have to do their examinations in the same classrooms where their first semester examinations took place.
The subjects include Arabic, English, Mathematics, General Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Health Sciences.