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2 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 MARCH 2020 CORONAVIRUS CRISIS School's out for summer Coronavirus forces shutdown till June, special conditions announced for Matsec exams maltatoday One-month special delivery fee of just €1 per day for orders up to 5 newspaper per address To subscribe 1. Email us your choice of newspapers, recipient's name, address, contact number to production@millermalta.com 2. Forward cheques payabale to Miller Distributors Ltd to address: Miller House, Air- port Way, Tarxien Road, Luqa LQA1814 Queries on other newspapers and magazines, contact production@millermalta.com home delivery maltatoday Same-day delivery of your favourite Sunday newspaper Monday-Friday Sat Sunday MaltaToday Midweek €1 n/a MaltaToday on Sunday €1.95 BusinessToday €1.50 n/a ILLUM €1.25 The Malta Independent €1 €1 The Malta Indepdent on Sunday €1.95 Times of Mlata €1 €1 Sunday Times of Malta €1.95 In-Nazzjon €1 €1 Il-Mument €1.20 l-Orizzont €1 €1 It-Torca €1.50 Daily Mail €2.40 €2.40 Mail on Sunday €3.30 Daily Mirror €2.50 €2.50 Sunday Mirror €2.70 The Sun €2.50 €2.50 Sun on Sunday €2.50 Daily Express €2.50 €2.50 Sunday Express €3.30 Daily Star €2.20 €2.20 Sunday Star €2.50 Daily Telegraph €4.50 €5.00 Sunday Telegraph €5.70 The Times €4.50 €5.00 The Sunday Times €5.70 Financial Times €3.70 €4.50 People €2.70 The Guardian €3.90 €4.60 The Observer €4.90 MASSIMO COSTA THE closure of schools and ed- ucational institutions has been extended till June, which means they will not be re-opening for the rest of this scholastic year due to the coronavirus pandem- ic. Education Minister Ow- en Bonnici made the an- nouncement yesterday, where he laid out a series of changes applying to O-level and A-level examinations. O-level examinations will not take place in the exams session which starts as from 23 April. Instead, students will be graded by the MATSEC board using a predictive assessment method based on students' mock exam results. The MATSEC board won't solely rely on the mock exam results communicat- ed to them by the individual schools, but will be able to see the students' marks, the corrected mock exams papers them- selves, and the marking schemes utilised for the gradings. The MATSEC board will then give the student an O-level certificate at either level 2 or level 3. Level 2 certificates will cover the traditional grades at 6 and 7. Level 3 certificates will cover grades from 1 to 5. These will also be used for the purpose of admission to post-sec- ondary institutions. In the interest of fairness, any O-level student, regardless of which level they obtained, will have the chance to sit for the O-level exams in a session which will take place in Septem- ber. SCHOOL'S OUT • Schools to remain closed until June • No O-levels in 2020 • Instead, students will get Level 2 or 3 certifications (grades 6-7 and 1-5 respec- tively) based on mock exam results • O-levels can be sat for in September • A-levels will be sat for in September • University students graded according to online systems • MD students graded ac- cording to hospital work Education minister Owen Bonnici