The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced that the 2024–25 national upper secondary school diploma examination (Bac II), originally scheduled for August 18–19, would be held on August 28–29, 2025. Candidates from Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear could sit the exam under the arrangements for their home province. Candidates displaced from their home province could choose to sit in another province.
In its notice, the ministry attributed the postponement to what it called a war of aggression along the Cambodia–Thailand border, which had forced schools to suspend classes and residents to flee.
To keep the exam running smoothly and ensure the safety of candidates, examination committee members at all levels and others involved, the ministry said candidates from Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear could sit in their home province or, if they had been displaced from it, in another province.
Displaced candidates must apply at the capital or provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sport serving the place where they choose to sit the exam. From August 22, 2025, they must collect a newly printed individual exam admission slip from the department where they applied.
Candidates who choose to sit in Preah Vihear should prepare to take the exam in the provincial capital. For candidates who choose to sit under the Oddar Meanchey arrangements, the ministry will set up exam centres in Puok district, Siem Reap province, for safety reasons. The ministry will form a team to help transport candidates, provide funds for meals and accommodation and make other arrangements as needed.
The 23 capital and provincial education departments other than Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear must receive exam applications from displaced candidates from those two provinces, compile their information and submit a list of applicants to the ministry’s Examination Affairs Department by August 15, 2025. The ministry will consolidate the lists, prepare individual exam admission slips and proceed with the examination arrangements. It will print the slips for displaced candidates to collect at the relevant capital and provincial departments. The ministry will provide special support for candidates from Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television | By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
