CAIRO: Secondary students started their exams today. The first exams of the second semester of their secondary stage are Arabic and Religion. Central operation rooms have been formed by Ministry of Education, the Ministry of the Interior and armed forced representatives to supervise the examinations. Sending exam envelopes to the governorates and other cities near Cairo started this morning. The armed forces, policemen and security personnel of Ministry of Education intensively secure this process. Whereas, the exams to the further governorates were transported starting yesterday night. Policemen supervised the secondary examination committees. Patrols of military police passed by all examination committees to monitor the security situation in central Cairo and Dokki regions. Meanwhile the people committees weren't present at the beginning of the exams. It is expected to appear before the end of the exam time. There are 384,536 students in the second semester of the secondary year.