Thanaweya Amma
Thanaweya Amma tutors online for Secondary 3 (Grade 12), in every branch
Thanaweya Amma tutors online for the 26 June to 21 July 2027 sitting, when Secondary 3 (Grade 12) learners take five subjects for 320 marks and, for the first time, answer half of each paper by multiple choice. Lessons are live and one to one, planned back from your branch’s first paper, and 15,000+ learners have prepared this way.
Secondary 3 (Grade 12) learners sitting the certificate
Price
From EGP 150 an hour
The price includes everything. There are no extra fees.
Learner rating across every programme in this curriculum
4.9 out of 5
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Who it is for
For Secondary 3 learners in all three branches
The year group that entered Secondary 1 in 2024/25 stays on the Thanaweya Amma and sits it in summer 2027. In 2026, 883,690 learners registered for the new-system exam, 543,120 of them in the science branch.
- Science branch learners in biology, chemistry and physics
- Mathematics branch learners in mathematics, chemistry and physics
- Learners in any branch in Arabic and the first foreign language
- Learners repeating the year who want a different plan this time
- Learners who want a structured final revision before June
How the system and its exams work
Five subjects and 320 marks
Each branch has five subjects in the total: Arabic out of 80 and four subjects out of 60 each, 320 in all, down from 410 in the old system. Religious education, national education and the second foreign language are pass or fail and sit outside the total.
- Science (علمي علوم)
- Arabic, first foreign language, biology, chemistry, physics.
- Mathematics (علمي رياضة)
- Arabic, first foreign language, mathematics, chemistry, physics.
- Literary (أدبي)
- Arabic, first foreign language, history, geography, statistics.
- Exam format
- From 2026/27, half of each paper is multiple choice and half is written, by a minister’s decision of August 2026.
- 2027 dates
- 26 June to 21 July 2027 in the announced ministry calendar. In 2026 the resit round ran in August.
- University admission
- In 2026 the first admission phase opened at 292 marks for science, 275.5 for mathematics and 229 for literary.
Programmes
Thanaweya Amma subjects we teach online
Pick a Secondary 3 subject below, and its card takes you straight to a tutor who prepares learners for that paper in the 2027 sitting.
- Physics, Thanaweya AmmaBoth science branches, in the new exam formatRead the programme page
- Chemistry, Thanaweya AmmaBoth science branchesAsk about this programme
- Biology, Thanaweya AmmaThe science branch, the largestAsk about this programme
- Mathematics, Thanaweya AmmaThe mathematics branch, the road to engineeringAsk about this programme
- English, Thanaweya AmmaEvery branchAsk about this programme
- Arabic, Thanaweya AmmaEvery branch, 80 of the 320 marksRead the programme page
Where online lessons fit
Online lessons in the certificate year
The certificate year is counted in hours. An online lesson saves the journey and gives you a tutor who works on your own mistakes, with practice in both question types at real exam timing.
- Revision in the order of the school textbook
- The ministry’s practice papers as soon as they are published
- Evening and weekend times in Cairo time
- A final revision plan that finishes before 26 June
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