Lubumbashi, June 21st, 2026 (CPA). -The launching of the 2025–2026 State Examination acrossthe Democratic Republic of the Congo is scheduled for Monday by the Minister in charge ofNational Education and New Citizenship, starting in Lubumbashi in Haut-Katanga province, in thesouth-east of the country, it is learned on Sunday fromofficial sources.
“We are in Lubumbashi tokick off the 2025–2026 State Examination,” has announced Raissa Malu, Minister in charge ofNational Education and New Citizenship, on her arrival at Luano Airport in Lubumbashi.
Shortlyafter her arrival, she has chaired a working session for all provincial education officials in Haut-Katanga on all the necessary arrangements to ensure the smooth running of this nationalexamination.
Ms Malu will also proceed with the inauguration of the State Examination correctioncentre established in Lubumbashi as part of the decentralisation process and the acceleration ofthe correction work for this national examination, it is indicated.
She was welcomed on her arrivalat Luano Airport by a delegation of provincial education officials led by Joseph Mwinkeu, head ofthe provincial division of National Education and New Citizenship in Haut-Katanga, it is reminded.
The State Examination is the main certifying examination for secondary education in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
Every year, it brings together hundreds of thousands of final-year secondary school pupils fromacross the country and marks the culmination of their schoolcareer.
As part of the reforms undertaken by the Ministry in charge of National Education andNew Citizenship, several modernisation measures have been implemented to improve theorganisation of this national examination.
These include the decentralisation of correctioncentres and the acceleration of the correction process, with a view to reduce the time taken topublish the results. ACP/