The Ministry of Education of the Presidential Council has postponed the second round exams for the general certificates until September 15 due to security conditions in the capital Tripoli.

Earlier, the ministry set September 02 to start off the second round of exams for the preparatory and secondary certificates at the same time and announced the completion of all procedures required.

The ministry clarified that the second round exams for preparatory school students will be held in secondary schools and under the supervision of the educational inspection offices, while the secondary certification exams will be conducted in universities and with the same mechanism and level of organization that was applied in the first round.

The ministry has declared that the new school year 2018-2019 will start on October 07.