On September 8, 2024, Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan announced that Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak has instructed the Minister of Education to review the high school exam results for the 2023/2024 academic year and to address student grievances in the province.

According to a statement released by Taiz's media office, Governor Shamsan received a phone call from Prime Minister bin Mubarak confirming these directives to reassess the high school results.

Shamsan previously submitted a letter to the Prime Minister detailing the province's concerns about the exam outcomes. He highlighted a surprising decision from the Deputy Minister of Education, who stated that students would not receive cumulative grades for a subject if they scored below 25 in the final exam. This decision contradicts a policy established by the Minister of Education that has been in place for four years.

In a subsequent call, Minister of Education Tarek Al-Aqbari assured Shamsan of the ministry's commitment to implementing the Prime Minister's directives regarding the review of the high school exam results.

The governor expressed his gratitude to both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education for their responsiveness in addressing the students' grievances, emphasizing the importance of fairness for the youth, who represent the future of the nation.

Earlier, Shamsan had urged the Minister of Education to revisit the 2023/2024 results and to reverse the decision to eliminate cumulative grades.

On the same day, Taiz witnessed a protest by dozens of high school students demanding the Ministry of Education retract its decision on cumulative grades, which has led to many students failing. During the demonstration in front of the local authority's headquarters, participants held banners calling for a reconsideration of the exam results and criticized the decision, which they claimed they only learned about upon receiving their results.

Students described the cancellation of cumulative grades as unjust, asserting that it negatively impacted their overall scores and contributed to numerous failures.

Last Thursday, the Ministry of Education announced significant failure rates among Taiz students, as the ministry did not consider cumulative grades from the first two years of high school or midterm exams for third-year students, affecting those who scored below 25 in the final exam, which constitutes 50% of the total grades.