The high school graduates will take the first of two external exams today – Mother tongue (Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish) and literature, which is mandatory for all 15,620 high school graduates registered to take the final exam in the June exam session. According to the data of the State Examination Center, of the total number of applicants, 6,750 are from high school education, 8,598 from secondary vocational education and 272 from secondary artistic education.
Macedonian language and literature will be taken by 10,768, Albanian language and literature 4,380, Turkish language and literature 357 graduates. The test of the second external exam is scheduled for June 10. It is optional and graduates had the opportunity to choose from seven subjects.