Matriculation Certificate and SEC resit session examination results were issued today, the Matsec examinations board said.
In a statement this morning, the University of Malta said 4,270 candidates sat for the September SEC and Matriculation examinations in a total of 65 subjects. Of these, 2,754 sat for at least one Matriculation Certificate examination.
Matriculation
When combining results of May and September exam sessions, 1,276, or 68%, were awarded the Matriculation certificate, which is made up for two Advanced level subjects, three Intermediate subjects and the compulsory Systems of Knowledge.
SEC
The resit September examination for SEC gave candidates the possibility of securing a pass qualification within six weeks after the publication of the results of the May/June examination session in mid-July.
Combining May and September 2017 results together resulted in 74.9% of the candidates obtaining grades 1 to 5 in English language, 72.9% in Maltese, 70% in physics and 61.9% in mathematics.