Sunday School Centralized Examinations in the Northeast American Diocese are Examinations held on a central, Diocesan basis once a year towards the end of the School Year. For the year 2022 they are held in the 10th and 12th Grades of Sunday School on June 26, 2022.  The exams are administered in various approved Centers (Parish/Church buildings) within the Diocese under the responsibility of previously approved Proctors. Proctors are usually Principals or Teachers who have volunteered for the job. Question Setters and Evaluators are also approved volunteer staff from among the Teachers in the Diocese. Questions are based on the Curriculum prescribed for the set Grade, which include Text Book/Workbook, Common Prayers, Worship Songs, Meanings of Syriac/Greek Words and Phrases used in worship etc. Also, 10th and 12th Grade Exams, there is a stipulation that 20% of the TextBook/WorkBook Questions will be from the TextBooks/WorkBooks of the Preceding Grade.

Participation in the Centralized Examinations is based on Principals of the Sunday Schools of the various Parishes in the Diocese registering their students of the Grades given above, within a previously announced period of time.

The purpose of the Centralized Examinations is two-fold. The first is to encourage the students to study well and understand the basic concepts of our Orthodox faith that is based on Biblical truths and Church tradition which in turn expectedly would help them live as good Orthodox Christians. The second is to acknowledge and honor the students who perform well in these exams and for the Church leadership to evaluate the overall depth of knowledge-base that our young generation holds and make any necessary changes in curriculum and modes of training of the students and teachers to make them more relevant and current but true to faith.

As of now, passing the Centralized Exams in the 10th and 12th Grades and the TTC exam would lead to the award of Certificates/Diplomas. For TTC, the 1st and 2nd rank holders are acknowledged and rewarded.

To download the latest materials related to the Centralized Examinations, please click on the “EXAM RESOURCES” sub-menu item that comes under the “CENTRALIZED EXAM” menu item. If you are a student, you may need to reach out to your Teacher/Principal for appropriate guidance. Please note that there is a separate menu item for “TTC RESOURCES”

       Only Principals can register the Centralized Examination candidates for their respective Sunday Schools. If you are a Principal and want to register your candidates, you must have registered yourself first and received approval.

You can register yourself by clicking on “Register” under the Login area that you will see on the lower left side of the main Home page of the Website or on the right margin of this Centralized Examination page.

When you click on “Register,” and get to the “Register for this Site” location, please provide all the requested information for a speedy approval. You can use your Email Address as your Username or a separate Username. At the bottom, in the box for your phone number, give either your home phone number or cell phone number in 10 digits without any spaces and without any other characters. Please note that the text that you have to replicate from the Validation Image changes every time there is an “ERROR” message. So, besides correcting the ‘error’, please make sure to enter the newly seen text from the Validation Image. In the box for “About yourself” you may just enter your position as Principal. Make sure to remember your Username and Password for later log-in.

You will receive an email notification upon approval.

Once you have been approved, you can log-in with your Username and Password.
Once you have successfully logged-in, you will see that the Login area has changed to “WELCOME (YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS/USERNAME).”

Now, when you bring the curser on “CENTRALIZED EXAM” on the menu bar, one of the drop-down sub-menu items would be “EXAM REGISTRATION” which when clicked you will be led to a page titled, “Centralized Exam Registration” which would give you the details on registering your exam candidates.