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Diploma exams

2024-25 Diploma exam update

The weighting of diploma exams returned to 30% on September 1, 2023. Students who wrote a diploma exam or completed a diploma exam course in 2022-23 may still be eligible for the 20% weighting that applied at that time. For more information about these special circumstances, see the Diploma Exam Weighting Overview fact sheet.

Introduction

The Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program has 3 main purposes:

to certify the level of individual student achievement in selected Grade 12 courses
to ensure that provincewide standards of achievement are maintained
to report individual and group results

Find out more about Diploma exams.

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