New assessment and evaluation procedures in place of end-of-term and end-of-year examinations at the basic education level are reducing the burden of study for examination purposes and aim at establishing a student-centred and learning-oriented classroom situation. Chapter-end tests are conducted regularly by class teachers so that remedial teaching can take place in time. No tests of any sort are now applied in the first two years of primary education, resulting in a reduction of early drop-outs. The new system emphasizes continuous assessment and record the progress of pupils, without judging their abilities only on the basis of examination results.