Most students skip first day of special exam period

Only 42% of the 11,693 registered students attended the first day of the special exam period for secondary education, with 4,920 students present. The special period began Thursday with Portuguese, which had 9,492 registrants but only 40.4% attendance, meaning 5,661 students were absent. Economics A saw 50.9% attendance, and History of Culture and Arts had 43.1%. This period was created to prevent harm from issues in electronic grading and first-phase results. Over 43,000 students registered overall. Results enable applications to the second phase of higher education access, ending September 20, with outcomes due September 30.