Last night’s talk shows centered around two government decisions — compensating some Thanaweya Amma students for an exam error and streamlining building permit procedures.

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A physics exam bloop: The Education Ministry added two marks to the physics exam scores of some Thanaweya Amma students after it found that two answers to a multiple-choice question were correct, compensating those who selected the second choice, it said yesterday. The ministry has launched an urgent investigation into the matter.

The error was slammed on the airwaves: “What happened is a crime,” Ala Mas’ouleety’s Ahmed Moussa lamented, demanding that those responsible be held accountable (watch, runtime: 29:28). The error will impact thousands of students — including the rankings of top students — and potentially compromise the integrity of other exam results, he said, calling on the Education Minister to explain what went wrong. Salet El Tahrir also had coverage (watch, runtime: 6:38 | 8:55).

MEANWHILE- Building permits made easy: Securing a building permit will now take 26 working days if an ins. policy isn’t required and 40 days if it is after the Local Development Ministry simplified the procedures by almost halving the number of required steps. Ministry spokesperson Khaled Kassem joined Salet El Tahrir to discuss the matter (watch, runtime: 4:59). El Sa’a El Sadesa also had the story (watch, runtime: 5:21).

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