8th grade Olympic students can be admitted to high school without taking the National Assessment exam.

According to a Ministerial Order, students who have won prizes in national or international school Olympiads can be admitted to high school without taking the National Assessment. The Order approves a list of 52 national and 23 international school olympiads, whose prizes can be equated with a place in ninth grade without the National Assessment exam. This also applies to enrolment in national military colleges.