Sudan’s Education Ministry has announced the results of the 2026 Sudanese Certificate examinations, with 69.6% of students passing in the academic stream.
Education Minister Al-Tohami Al-Zain Hajar announced the results at a news conference in the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday.
According to the examinations council, the pass rate was 90.3% for vocational education and 89.5% for the Quranic and Islamic Studies certificate.
The pass rate for technical education – covering industrial, commercial, agricultural and women’s education – was 65.4%.
Among students who took the examinations at centres outside Sudan, 67.9% passed. The ministry said the exams were held at 84 centres in 17 countries.
Ahmed Khalifa Omer, the ministry’s undersecretary and head of the examinations council, praised teachers for supporting students despite the challenges facing Sudan’s education system.
He described the Sudanese Secondary School Certificate as the final stage of general education and said graduates had gone on to work in a range of professional fields in Sudan and abroad.
Prime Minister Kamil Idris congratulated successful students, their families and teachers, and said the government would continue to support education despite the difficulties facing the country.
He also announced that the government would provide free university education to the 100 highest-scoring students in this year’s examinations.
The results announced in Khartoum do not include separate secondary-school examinations held by authorities aligned with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in areas under their control. Those examinations began in June in parts of Darfur and Kordofan.
The army-aligned government has rejected the parallel examinations and said certificates issued through the system will not be recognised.
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