Nationwide exams are underway today.
More than 6,000 last-year secondary school students will be writing an essay in their mother tongue. It will count towards qualifying for university.
Some 42,000 primary school children will be taking a Slovenian test. This is being done to get an overall assessment of where they’re at.
This year's matura students have had three out of four years of school marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, including face masks, social distancing and self-testing.