The Egyptian Bachaloria from idea to first graduates: a timeline

The timeline

January 2025: the ministry sets out the proposed system, its tracks and the faculties linked to each.
7 July 2025: Parliament approves the Bachaloria in the Education Law, as an optional system.
16 July 2025: the minister says it is "a new path, not a replacement for Thanaweya Amma".
13 August 2025: Law 169 of 2025 is issued. Its key points
September 2025: the first cohort starts the first Bachaloria year, with Programming & AI on the Qureo platform.
23 December 2025: the minister announces that 92% of first-year students (about 752,000) chose the Bachaloria.
2 February 2026: a memorandum with the International Baccalaureate Organization on the way to international accreditation.
May 2026: the minister: 95% of students chose the Bachaloria.
17 August 2026: the minister's decisions on study and exams: a 600 total, two sittings, the 60% assessment rule, and 50% essay questions.
August 2026: the official second-year curricula are announced for every track.
September 2026: the first cohort starts the second year, the first year that counts towards the total.

May and July 2027: the first second-year exams. The dates
2027/28: the first cohort in the third year, with exams in June and August 2028.
Summer 2028: the first university coordination for Bachaloria students. University admission

Future dates follow the announced system; the exact dates are set by the ministry.