The upper secondary school leaving examination is approaching and will take place over two days, August 10 and 11, 2026. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport urged all 2026 candidates to comply strictly with the examination regulations. Candidates who breach the regulations and examination disciplinary rules will automatically fail.
Marking will run from August 13 to 19. Computerised entry, calculation and verification of scores will take place from August 20 to 30. Results will be printed on September 1, 2026, and announced on September 2 at written-examination centres across all 25 capital and provincial jurisdictions.
The ministry’s press release said 151,238 candidates had registered, including 84,735 females. The science stream had 37,445 candidates, including 22,193 females, and the social science stream had 113,793 candidates, including 62,542 females.
Candidates are to be seated 25 to a room at each written-examination centre, except for the final room and rooms containing candidates from special education high schools. There are 244 written-examination centres with 6,104 rooms: 68 centres and 1,526 rooms for science, and 176 centres and 4,578 rooms for social science. Ten marking centres are located in Phnom Penh.
The ministry urged all candidates to observe the regulations strictly, particularly the absolute ban on concealing mobile phones, smart watches, smart glasses, any electronic devices or other documents when entering examination centres and rooms. Anyone violating the regulations and examination disciplinary rules will automatically fail.
By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
