File photo: Young students at an Al-Azhar institute
CAIRO – 22 July 2026: Egypt's Al-Azhar has approved the adoption of the country's new baccalaureate system from the 2026/27 academic year, while retaining the institution's core Islamic and Arabic curriculum.
The Supreme Council of Al-Azhar said Islamic and Arabic subjects will remain a core component of Al-Azhar education and will be integrated into the new framework under regulations to be set by the Al-Azhar institutes sector.
The Egyptian Baccalaureate will be an alternative to the traditional Thanaweya Amma system with a more flexible model designed to emphasize critical thinking and skills development over rote memorization.
Students will follow academic pathways linked to their intended university fields, with cumulative assessment across the second and third years of secondary school.
The new system offers four specialized tracks: Medicine and Life Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, Business, and Arts and Humanities, and allows students to retake certain subjects to improve their scores.
The first cohort will sit baccalaureate exams in 2027, alongside the Thanaweya Amma examinations, with the Ministry of Education expecting most of second-year secondary students to enroll in the new system in its first year.
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