07 July 2026 Roughly 74.8% of high school students who sat the national Baccalaureate exam in the July session passed, slightly higher than in 2025, when it was 74.3%, according to the results of the written exams published on Tuesday, July 7, by the Ministry of Education. Overall, a total of 94,345 candidates passed, including 4,082 from previous graduating classes, out of the 126,169 who sat the exam. For the current graduating class, the pass rate is 79.7%, while for graduates from previous years, the pass rate stands at 31.7%. The best result was recorded in Cluj, where the pass rate reached 89.9%. The county was the national leader in last year’s session as well. Cluj was followed by Brașov (86.2%), Alba (85.5%), Brăila (85.1%), and Iași (84.8%). A high result was also recorded in the