Saudi education ministry says students of all grades will progress to next year

A classroom is seen closed, after the Ministry of Education decided to suspend studies in Saudi Arabia, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 9, 2020. (Reuters)

• The ministry said the grades of the first semester will be adopted for the second semester

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s education ministry has decided that students of all grades will progress to the next year of their program of studies. 
A statement by the ministry said the grades of the first semester will be adopted for the second semester. This will be applied to students in the kindergarten, elementary, middle school and secondary levels. 
It said that teaching would continue as normal through distance-education tools until the end of their academic year.  
Students then will be progressed to the following year of their academic programs. 
For secondary level, students will be considered passed in all subjects in this semester without negatively affecting their average.