The Ministry of Education (Minerd) reports that 60.88% of high school students and 66.18% of vocational students have passed the 2015 National Standardized Tests. The Ministry says that of 27,938 students in the general studies program who took the exams, 17,008 passed and were promoted. At the vocational level, 2,227 of the 3,365 candidates who took the test were successful.