Today, the graduates underwent the Albanian Language and Literature exam, as the English language test was conducted earlier. The next exam is the mathematics one on June 13 and then the optional subject exam, 6 days later.
This year there are a total of 30,000 high school graduates who are taking the State Matura exams, a number that is many times smaller compared to the last 5 years.
In 2018, about 37 thousand high school graduates were tested. A year later, in 2019, this number decreased to 35,400 graduates.
In 2020, the number of graduates who took the matriculation exams was 33,000, which again shows a decrease compared to the previous year.
In 2021, 34,000 graduates took the matura exams, while in 2022 there were 1,000 fewer graduates.
While this year this number has dropped even more, going to 30 thousand graduates with about 3 thousand less than a year ago.
The two main factors that have influenced the decrease in the number of high school graduates are the decrease in the number of births and mass emigration from the country.