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Bachaloria, explained
News, curriculum changes, exam tips and subject explainers for Egypt's New Bachaloria — in Arabic and English.
- 22 September 2026
A first-year study plan: 12 September to 24 June
The full 2026/2027 calendar for first-year Bachaloria students, and a weekly plan that fits the 70% classwork rule.Read → - 22 September 2026
First-year marks: 70% classwork, 30% exam
In first-year Bachaloria each subject is out of 100: 70 marks of classwork and 30 for the end-of-term exam. Your mark is built from week one.Read → - 18 September 2026
The Egyptian Bachaloria from idea to first graduates: a timeline
From Parliament's approval in July 2025, to the law in August, the first cohort in first secondary, the international memorandum, the August 2026 decisions, and the first university coordination in 2028.Read → - 18 September 2026
Accounting or Business Administration in the Bachaloria?
A Business-track student chooses Accounting or Business Administration in the second Bachaloria year. Both are out of 100, and neither continues into the third year. How they differ, and who each suits.Read → - 18 September 2026
Arabic in the Bachaloria: 100 marks on every track
Arabic is a common second-year Bachaloria subject on all four tracks, and its mark out of 100 counts towards the 600 total. How to study it for the new exam (50% essay), and how to choose your teacher.Read → - 18 September 2026
Egyptian history in first year: the term-one plan by date
The official 2026/2027 history distribution: two units, lesson by lesson from 12 September to 5 December.Read → - 17 September 2026
Can you switch between Thanaweya Amma and the Bachaloria?
No. The Education Law forbids moving into or out of the Bachaloria during your years of study, so choosing a system in the first year is a three-year decision. What that means for you.Read → - 17 September 2026
Best online programming teacher for first and second secondary
Looking for an online programming teacher for first secondary or the second Bachaloria year? What you need in each year, and why our pick is Eng. Ahmed Tarek on GoBachaloria.Read → - 17 September 2026
History in the Bachaloria: 100 marks on every track
History is a common second-year Bachaloria subject on all four tracks, and its mark out of 100 counts towards the 600 total. How to study it for the new exam (50% essay), and how to choose your teacher.Read → - 17 September 2026
The Bachaloria student project: 15 marks, and how to do it
The student project is part of the assessment marks in every Bachaloria subject, worth 15 of 100. How to choose an idea, organise it, and hand it in without a last-minute night.Read → - 17 September 2026
Eight myths about the Egyptian Bachaloria, and the facts
"The Bachaloria is compulsory", "the first year counts", "there is only one exam", "you will have to pay", "you can never change track". Eight common myths, and the facts from the law and ministry decisions.Read → - 17 September 2026
How to choose your Bachaloria track: six questions to ask
You choose your Bachaloria track as you enter the second year. Six questions to ask yourself, what to do if you are still unsure, and what happens if you change your mind later.Read → - 16 September 2026
The famous teacher or the one who understands? Choosing a teacher
In Egypt we often pick a teacher by followers and the size of their centre. In the Bachaloria that is not enough: 60% assessments, half the exam in essays, and new subjects nobody is famous for yet. Seven signs of a teacher who really understands.Read → - 16 September 2026
How GoBachaloria works: teachers you choose, free videos, and codes instead of cards
Sign up, pick your year, watch every teacher's first five videos, unlock with a code. What each step looks like.Read → - 15 September 2026
Second-year Bachaloria Programming notes: all 7 units on one page
A quick summary of the second-year Bachaloria Programming & AI curriculum: the main idea and key terms of each of the seven units, for revision after you have studied the book.Read → - 15 September 2026
The Bachaloria Arts track: subjects and faculties
The Arts and Humanities track in the Egyptian Bachaloria: in the second year you choose Psychology or a second foreign language; in the third you study Geography (advanced) and Statistics. The faculties it leads to, and who it suits.Read → - 15 September 2026
How to study for the Bachaloria: a weekly plan that actually holds
Marks accumulate across the year, so a small weekly routine beats a big push before the exam. A plan for a normal school week.Read → - 14 September 2026
Is second-year Bachaloria Programming hard? An honest answer
Second-year Bachaloria Programming is neither easy nor impossible. What makes it easier, what makes it harder (statistics, essay questions, six lessons a week), and how to get it on your side.Read → - 14 September 2026
Languages-school students in the Bachaloria: which language will you study in?
The ministry confirmed in September 2026 that languages-school students may still answer in Arabic. What that means for how you study maths and science.Read → - 14 September 2026
Does Programming count towards the Bachaloria total?
In first secondary Programming is outside the total, with 50 to pass. In the second Bachaloria year it counts, out of 100, if you are on the Engineering track and choose it over Chemistry. In the third year it is not there.Read → - 14 September 2026
What is the New Egyptian Bachaloria? Years, tracks and subjects explained
The Bachaloria is an optional secondary-school path alongside Thanaweya Amma, not a replacement. Here is how the three years, the four tracks and the subjects fit together, in plain words.Read → - 14 September 2026
The Bachaloria law, No. 169 of 2025, in plain words
The law that created the Egyptian Bachaloria was issued on 13 August 2025. An optional, free system of three years, equivalent to Thanaweya Amma, with no switching. The key points in plain words.Read → - 13 September 2026
Best Programming & AI teacher for the Bachaloria: Eng. Ahmed Tarek
Programming & AI is new to every teacher. Our pick is Eng. Ahmed Tarek: he taught computing, AI and Python to school students on Egypt's Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative with Udacity, and has taught more than 3,000 students.Read → - 13 September 2026
The Bachaloria Engineering track: subjects and faculties
The Engineering and Computer Science track in the Egyptian Bachaloria: in the second year you choose Chemistry or Programming & AI; in the third you study Maths (advanced) and Physics (advanced). The faculties it leads to, and who it suits.Read → - 13 September 2026
From Qureo to the second year: what carries over in Programming
Finished first-year programming on Qureo? What carries over into the second Bachaloria year, what is completely new, and how to prepare over the summer if you will choose Programming on the Engineering track.Read → - 13 September 2026
The best platform for the Bachaloria: 6 things to check before you pay
Before you pay any platform or teacher for the Egyptian Bachaloria, ask six questions: is it really built for the Bachaloria? Can you try it free? Do you choose your teacher? And three more.Read → - 12 September 2026
How many students chose the Bachaloria? 92% of the first year
In the Egyptian Bachaloria's first year, the minister announced that 92% of first-year students, about 752,000, chose it of their own will. In May 2026 he said 95%. What that means for you.Read → - 12 September 2026
The Bachaloria 60% rule: the assessments and their marks
To sit the first exam in the second or third Bachaloria year, you must complete 60% of the weekly and monthly assessments. The assessments are out of 100, split across six parts.Read → - 12 September 2026
Programming or Chemistry in the second Bachaloria year?
On the Engineering and Computer Science track you take one subject in the second year: Programming & AI or Chemistry. Both are out of 100, and in the third year both give way to advanced Maths and Physics.Read → - 12 September 2026
The first Bachaloria year is preparatory: do its marks count?
The first year of the Bachaloria is preparatory, and its marks do not count towards the certificate. The total comes from the second and third years only. That does not make it unimportant, and here is why.Read → - 12 September 2026
A month-by-month plan for the second Bachaloria year
The second Bachaloria year holds 400 of the 600 marks, weekly assessments and two exam sittings. A month-by-month plan from September to the second sitting in July.Read → - 12 September 2026
Is the Bachaloria the same as a bachelor's degree? No — here is the difference
The Bachaloria is the secondary-school certificate you apply to university with; a bachelor's is the degree you earn when you finish university. The two words share a Latin root, which is why they get mixed up.Read → - 12 September 2026
Third-year Bachaloria subjects: two specialised subjects per track
In the third Bachaloria year you study only two specialised subjects in the total, each out of 100: Biology and Chemistry for Medicine, Maths and Physics for Engineering, Economics and Maths for Business, Geography and Statistics for Arts.Read → - 12 September 2026
Second-year Bachaloria exam dates 2027: May and July
The first second-year Bachaloria exams will be in May 2027 (first sitting) and July 2027 (second sitting). What we know about the dates, what is still to be announced, and how to plan.Read → - 12 September 2026
Egypt's Bachaloria year by year: Grades 10, 11 and 12
The Egyptian Bachaloria year by year (Grades 10, 11 and 12): a preparatory first year that does not count, a second year of four subjects and 400 marks, and a third of two subjects and 200. Subjects, exams and key decisions for each year.Read → - 11 September 2026
AI in the Bachaloria curriculum: from neural networks to ChatGPT
AI in the second-year Bachaloria Programming curriculum: how it learns, its ethics, machine learning, neural networks and large language models. A simple explanation with everyday examples.Read → - 11 September 2026
Bachaloria vs Thanaweya Amma: totals, attempts and tracks compared
The Egyptian Bachaloria is an optional path alongside Thanaweya Amma, not a replacement. How the totals, the exam attempts and the counted years differ — with the official figures.Read → - 11 September 2026
The Bachaloria Business track: subjects and faculties
The Business track in the Egyptian Bachaloria: in the second year you choose Accounting or Business Administration; in the third you study Economics (advanced) and Maths. The faculties it leads to, and who it suits.Read → - 11 September 2026
First-year Bachaloria subjects: six core subjects and three extra
The first-year subjects in the Bachaloria: Arabic, Maths, History, Integrated Science, Philosophy and Logic, and a first foreign language, plus Programming, a second language and Religion outside the total.Read → - 11 September 2026
What is the Bachaloria total out of? 600 marks, and how they add up
The Egyptian Bachaloria total is 600 marks: 400 from the second secondary year and 200 from the third. The first year does not count, and religious education is pass-or-fail at 70%.Read → - 11 September 2026
Is the Egyptian Bachaloria recognised outside Egypt?
The Egyptian Bachaloria is a state certificate equivalent to Thanaweya Amma. In February 2026 the ministry signed a memorandum with the International Baccalaureate Organization to align it with international standards. What has been done and what has not.Read → - 11 September 2026
First-year maths: the term-one units and how to study them
Four units in term one: algebra and functions, similarity, proportionality theorems, and trigonometry — plus how to study each.Read → - 10 September 2026
Advanced Biology and Chemistry: third-year Medicine track
In the third Bachaloria year, the Medicine and Life Sciences track's subjects are advanced Biology and advanced Chemistry, each out of 100. What "advanced" means, and how to prepare while you are still in the second year.Read → - 9 September 2026
Economics and Maths: third-year Business track
In the third Bachaloria year, the Business track's subjects are advanced Economics and Maths, each out of 100. What "advanced" means, and how to prepare while you are still in the second year.Read → - 9 September 2026
Qureo for first secondary: signing in and the exam, step by step
Qureo is the Japanese programming platform first-year students study and sit their programming exams on. How to sign in, what the trial exam looks like, and how the practical exam is organised.Read → - 9 September 2026
The Bachaloria Medicine track: subjects and faculties
The Medicine and Life Sciences track in the Egyptian Bachaloria: in the second year you choose Physics or Maths; in the third you study Biology (advanced) and Chemistry (advanced). The faculties it leads to, and who it suits.Read → - 9 September 2026
First secondary Programming & AI curriculum: 13 units and Qureo
Programming & AI in first secondary is for every student, outside the total, with 50 to pass. The book has 13 units, from information and networks to programming and generative AI, with practice on the Qureo platform.Read → - 8 September 2026
Bachaloria Programming & AI curriculum 2027: every unit, second year
The second-year Bachaloria Programming curriculum has seven units in two parts, six lessons a week, and a mark out of 100 that counts on the Engineering track. The units in order, the exam, and where to start.Read → - 8 September 2026
Integrated science in first year: three sciences in one subject
Physics, chemistry and biology in one subject, two units in term one, and an exam that is 85% multiple choice.Read → - 8 September 2026
Financial Culture in the Bachaloria: an activity, and a stock account
Financial Culture is new for the second Bachaloria year: an activity outside the total and not pass-or-fail, taught by the Programming teachers, and students who complete it get an account on the Egyptian Exchange.Read → - 7 September 2026
The four Egyptian Bachaloria tracks: subjects and faculties
Medicine and Life Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, Business, and Arts and Humanities. The second- and third-year subjects of each track, the faculties they lead to, and when you choose.Read → - 6 September 2026
Psychology or a second language on the Bachaloria Arts track?
An Arts and Humanities student chooses Psychology or a second foreign language in the second Bachaloria year. Both are out of 100, and neither continues into the third year. How to choose.Read → - 6 September 2026
The summer before the second Bachaloria year: an eight-week plan
Finished the first year? This summer comes before the first year that counts. An eight-week plan: choose your track, try the specialised subjects and strengthen what you will need, without burning the holiday.Read → - 5 September 2026
Web applications for the Bachaloria: frontend and UX explained
Units 3 and 4 of the Programming curriculum: how a web application is built, what happens when you open a site, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and how to judge user experience.Read → - 5 September 2026
The Bachaloria and private tutoring: do you still need a centre?
In the Bachaloria much of your standing now happens at school: weekly and monthly assessments, attendance and the project. A tutoring centre can no longer replace school. When you need extra help, and how to choose it.Read → - 5 September 2026
Bachaloria exams: 50% essay, 50% multiple choice. How to prepare
From 2026/27, second- and third-year Bachaloria exams are half multiple-choice and half essay. What the difference means, and how to prepare for both.Read → - 5 September 2026
First-year subjects outside the total: study them or skip?
Second language, programming and religious education don't count toward the first-year total — but you still have to pass them, and religion needs 70%.Read → - 4 September 2026
Physics in the Bachaloria: Medicine, then Engineering
Physics is optional for Medicine in the second year and advanced for Engineering in the third. So Engineering students meet it at an advanced level without studying it in the second year.Read → - 3 September 2026
Maths in the Bachaloria: where it appears on each track
Maths is core in the first year, optional in the second for Medicine, advanced in the third for Engineering, and a third-year subject for Business. Engineering students do not study it in the second year.Read → - 3 September 2026
Is the Bachaloria free? Fees and what a second sitting costs
The Egyptian Bachaloria is free by law, and the first exam sitting costs nothing. A second sitting costs up to 200 EGP per subject, with a ceiling of 400 EGP per subject.Read → - 3 September 2026
Chemistry in the Bachaloria: Engineering, then Medicine
Chemistry is optional for Engineering in the second year and advanced for Medicine in the third. So Medicine students meet it at an advanced level without studying it in the second year.Read → - 2 September 2026
Cybersecurity for the second Bachaloria year, explained simply
Unit two of the Programming & AI curriculum: encryption, authentication, network security and incident response. Explained with everyday examples, plus practice questions with answers.Read → - 1 September 2026
The Egyptian Bachaloria and the IB: what is the difference?
The Egyptian Bachaloria is not the International Baccalaureate (IB). One is a free state system created by Egyptian law, the other a fee-paying international programme. The link between them: a memorandum signed in February 2026.Read → - 30 August 2026
Egyptian Bachaloria textbooks: where to download them officially
Every Egyptian Bachaloria textbook is published free on the Ministry of Education's e-library. How to find them, and why not to download them from group-chat links.Read → - 29 August 2026
The second foreign language in the Bachaloria: where it counts
The second foreign language has two roles in the Bachaloria: in the first year it is outside the total for everyone; in the second year it is a specialised subject out of 100 for Arts and Humanities students who choose it.Read → - 29 August 2026
Bachaloria exams: two sittings a year, and your best mark counts
In the Egyptian Bachaloria the exam is not a single chance. Second year: May and July. Third year: June and August. The first sitting is free, the second optional, and the higher mark goes into your total.Read → - 29 August 2026
A parents' guide to the Egyptian Bachaloria: ten things to know
If your son or daughter is in the Egyptian Bachaloria, these are the ten things to know: the total, the track, exams, the 60% rule, fees, switching, and university. And how to help without pressure.Read → - 28 August 2026
The first foreign language in the Bachaloria: 100 marks on every track
The first foreign language is a common second-year Bachaloria subject on all four tracks, and its mark out of 100 counts towards the 600 total. How to study it for the new exam (50% essay), and how to choose your teacher.Read → - 28 August 2026
Advanced Maths and Physics: third-year Engineering track
In the third Bachaloria year, the Engineering and Computer Science track's subjects are advanced Maths and advanced Physics, each out of 100. What "advanced" means, and how to prepare while you are still in the second year.Read → - 27 August 2026
Second-year Bachaloria subjects for every track
The second-year Bachaloria subjects: Arabic, a first foreign language and History for every track, plus one specialised subject from two depending on your track. Each is out of 100, 400 in all.Read → - 27 August 2026
Egyptian Bachaloria glossary: every term explained
Track, specialised subject, advanced level, preparatory year, first sitting, assessments, coordination. Every Egyptian Bachaloria term in one simple sentence, in Arabic and English.Read → - 27 August 2026
The second-year Bachaloria Programming & AI textbook, both parts
The ministry's Programming & AI textbook for the second Bachaloria year comes in two parts: four units on technology, cybersecurity and the web, then three on data and machine learning. Where to get it, and what is inside.Read → - 27 August 2026
Studying for the Bachaloria online: how to make it work
Studying for the Bachaloria online works very well if you use it right: alongside school, on a weekly rhythm, answering rather than just watching. Seven tips, and how to choose a platform.Read → - 26 August 2026
Physics or Maths on the Bachaloria Medicine track?
A Medicine and Life Sciences student chooses Physics or Maths in the second Bachaloria year. Both are out of 100, and neither continues into the third year. How to choose.Read → - 26 August 2026
Study your track on GoBachaloria: every subject on all four tracks
GoBachaloria has every second-year Bachaloria subject for all four tracks, each with two or three teachers to choose from, and the first five videos free. How to find your track's subjects and start.Read → - 25 August 2026
Ten mistakes second-year Bachaloria students make
Treating absence as normal, studying at the end, memorising without understanding, retaking everything. Ten mistakes that cost marks in the new Bachaloria, and how to avoid each.Read → - 25 August 2026
25 questions and answers about the Egyptian Bachaloria
The questions students and parents ask most about the Egyptian Bachaloria, with short sourced answers: the total, tracks, exams, fees, switching, and university.Read → - 25 August 2026
Geography and Statistics: third-year Arts track
In the third Bachaloria year, the Arts and Humanities track's subjects are advanced Geography and Statistics, each out of 100. What "advanced" means, and how to prepare while you are still in the second year.Read → - 24 August 2026
Bachaloria or Thanaweya Amma? A decision guide for families
A decision made once, before the first year of secondary, with no switching afterwards. The differences that actually matter: number of subjects, exam sittings, when the total starts, and international accreditation.Read → - 24 August 2026
First-year exams: 85% multiple choice, 15% essay
The 50% essay rule applies to years two and three. First year is still 85% multiple choice and 15% short essay — and that changes how you study.Read → - 24 August 2026
Religious Education in the Bachaloria: 70% to pass, outside the total
Religious Education in the Egyptian Bachaloria is a pass-or-fail subject in every year. It is outside the total, but you need at least 70% to pass.Read → - 20 August 2026
University admission with the Bachaloria: how it works
Bachaloria students enter university through coordination, like Thanaweya Amma: by their total out of 600 and their preferences, among the faculties linked to their track. What we know and what is still to be announced.Read → - 18 August 2026
Can you change track in the Bachaloria? When and how
Yes, you can change track in the Egyptian Bachaloria after finishing the second year, as long as you study the new track's specialised subject. How it works, and what stays the same.Read → - 10 August 2026
Philosophy and logic in first year: a subject you learn from, not memorise
Four lessons a week, a syllabus built on thinking itself, and how to earn its marks without memorising.Read → - 2 August 2026
Choosing your second language in first-year Bachaloria
The second language doesn't count in year one, but the choice follows you for years and is hard to change. An honest comparison.Read →