(TAP) – Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and Education Minister Hatem Ben Salem paid a visit on Wednesday to the Bechir Nebhani high school in Hammam-Lif (Ben Arous governorate) where they learned about the conditions for the Baccalaureate exam, which kicked off on June 6 and will last till June 13.

The Education Ministry has been properly prepared for this event to ensure the smooth running of exams, Chahed said in a statement to the media.

He recalled on this occasion the measures taken this year to counter fraud during exams as the prohibition of all electronic equipment or materials and the publication of exams on the ministry's social network pages half an hour after the start of the exam.

Chahed pointed out that over 55% of candidates sitting for the 2018 baccalaureate exam are girls