Driving license: A new chance for candidates who failed the theoretical test

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Candidates who failed the theoretical test to obtain a driving license, on the first day of the launch of the new system, will be given another chance, without the first attempt being taken into account, the minister said on Thursday. of Transport and Logistics, Mohammed Abdeljalil.
Asked during a press briefing after the Government Council, about the high rate of failure in the theoretical test of the new driving license exam, which came into force this week, Mr. Abdeljalil indicated that “ the results of the first day were obviously very poor” and that “those who took the test last Monday will have another chance to retake it without the first attempt being taken into account”.
He noted that after the first day's assessment by the National Road Safety Agency (NARSA), analysis of responses and detection and correction of malfunctions, “the success rate increased within the day next at 35% and 40% on Wednesday”, noting that “this rate should rise to 55% this Thursday and return to normal at the end of the week”.
And the minister emphasized that the theoretical exam, in its new format, is part of the reform of the driving education system as a whole, as well as of the 2017 national strategy, which is based on five pillars, in particular the human element, which includes awareness raising, training and monitoring.
This project, recalled Mr. Abdeljalil, was launched in 2020 in application of the National Road Safety Strategy 2017-2026, and required two years of work within NARSA after its update, and a year of negotiations with private driving education establishments before its entry into force last Monday.
This theoretical test “is not only an exam, but also includes training support by NARSA, which has developed for this purpose a platform available to educational establishments and learner drivers to use it inside the establishment or via electronic devices,” underlined Mr. Abdeljalil.
This support aims to improve driver training not only in understanding traffic signs and infractions, but also to properly assimilate the laws and be fully aware of the responsibility incumbent on them, road safety and the factors that affect it. affect, he said, stressing that the main objective is to reduce the rate of traffic accidents in the Kingdom.