The tests began at 9 a.m. with an exam in Polish, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
The matura high school-leaving exams are a rite of passage in Poland. Photo: PAP/Lech Muszyński
On Friday, high school seniors will have their foreign-language skills assessed, and on Monday their knowledge of mathematics.
Photo: PAP/Lech Muszyński
Students must take exams in three compulsory subjects. Most have opted to also take additional subjects, which are required for admission to universities, according to officials.
The matura exams are a rite of passage in Poland and determine young people's futures to a large extent.
They will be taken this month by more than 270,000 secondary school students nationwide, state news agency PAP reported.
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Source: IAR, PAP/PAP
Click on the audio player above to listen to a report by Radio Poland's Ada Janiszewska.
