A total of 5,352 candidates are ready to sit the 2024 island-wide examinations for entry into public universities of Cyprus and Greece. On Monday, 2,142 graduates are expected to take the English exam, with Minister of Education Athena Michaelidou visiting the Kykkos II lyceum in Engomi at 7:30 am to wish students well.
Head of the examinations service, Dimitris Handriotis, in statements to the Cyprus News Agency, said that everything is ready and expected to go smoothly as in previous years. Exams will conclude on June 28 with the common core Maths course, Handriotis noted. Results for the military schools are expected around the end of the third week of July, the official said.
Exam Statistics and Trends
According to the statistics gathered from applications, this year 5,352 examinees are seeking entry into public universities in Cyprus and Greece compared with 5,250 in 2023, 5,202 in 2022, 5,559 in 2021, and 5,465 in 2020. Current secondary school graduates sitting the exam this year amount to 4,939, while in 2023 there were 4,859, in 2022, 4,844, in 2021, 5,213 and in 2020, 5,136. Older graduates amount to 413, while in 2023 there were 391, in 2022. 358, in 2021, 346 and in 2020, 329.
Candidates pursuing enrollment in military schools for 2024 amount to 482, while in 2023 there were 488, in 2022, 437, in 2021, 522 and in 2020, 653. Those who requested facilitated procedures for 2024 amount to 564, while in 2023 requests amounted to 554, in 2022 to 540, in 2021 to 561 and in 2020 to 545.
