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Key Facts: Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura Exam
2004
Year Established
Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona
3
Examined Subjects
Zaključak Vlade Tuzlanskog kantona
14 → 3
Subjects Before And After The Reform
Ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke TK
0 KM
Examination Fee
Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona
The Tuzla Canton Secondary External Matura is the cantonal school-leaving examination administered by Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona for graduating secondary students. It now tests three subjects — BHS language and literature, Mathematics and the first foreign language — with every item taken from the Zavod's published katalog pitanja. No item count, duration or pass mark is published. The official papers are written in Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian; this bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation of the exam.
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1Which phonetic change is responsible for the consonant alternation in the nominative plural noun 'zadaci' (from singular 'zadatak')?
2Which European literary period is characterized by the dominance of subjective feeling, fascination with medieval folklore, individualism, and Weltschmerz (svjetski bol)?
3In Meša Selimović's novel 'Tvrđava' (The Fortress), who is the protagonist surviving the Battle of Chocim (Hoćin) and seeking human warmth in Sarajevo?
4Which expressionist poet wrote the collection 'Preobraženja' (1920), whose opening poem 'Pjesnici' begins with the programmatic line 'Pjesnici su čuđenje u svijetu'?
5Identify the type of subordinate clause in the sentence: 'Ponašao se kao da se ništa nije dogodilo.'
6Who authored the medieval Italian epic 'The Divine Comedy' (Divina Commedia), divided into Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso?
7In Fyodor Dostoevsky's psychological novel 'Crime and Punishment', what rationalization initially leads Rodion Raskolnikov to murder the pawnbroker?
8What is the syntactic function of 'učiteljem' in the sentence: 'Imenovan je učiteljem u lokalnoj školi'?
9In William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet', what is the name of the prince's loyal and rational confidant who survives to tell Hamlet's story?
10Which poem by Aleksa Šantić expresses deep patriotic sorrow for emigrants leaving their homeland, opening with 'Ostajte ovdje!...'?
About the Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura Exam
The Eksterna matura u srednjim školama in Tuzla Canton is the externally administered secondary-school exit examination organised by the Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona (PZ TK) under the cantonal Ministry of Education and Science. It has run since 2004 and now covers all gimnazije, technical, vocational and art schools in the canton. Following a Government of Tuzla Canton conclusion, the examination was reduced from 14 subjects to three — Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature, Mathematics, and the first foreign language — with all items drawn from a katalog pitanja published by the Zavod.
Exam sponsor: Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona (Ministarstvo obrazovanja i nauke TK). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
Externally administered written examination in three subjects: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature, Mathematics, and the first foreign language. The Government of Tuzla Canton reduced the external matura from 14 subjects to these three and required the Pedagoški zavod to publish a katalog pitanja from which every test item must come.
Time Limit
Not published
Passing Score
Not published by Pedagoški zavod TK
Reported exam pass rate: Not published as an official rate. In the June 2025 cycle 2,220 pupils from 30 Tuzla Canton secondary schools sat the external matura and 191 of them did not pass, as reported by RTV TK. Exam sponsor website
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Our practice resources: topics covered
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Bosanski / Hrvatski / Srpski jezik i književnost
Sound changes, morphology, syntax, word formation, lexicology and dialectology, together with the literary periods and the canonical BHS and world authors.
Matematika
Algebra and polynomials, equations and inequalities, sequences and series, trigonometry, functions, analytic geometry, stereometry, combinatorics and probability, and introductory calculus.
Prvi strani jezik
Tense contrast, the passive, reported speech, conditionals, relative and participle clauses, register, collocation and reading comprehension.
Preparing for the Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: Not published by Pedagoški zavod TK
- Assessment: Externally administered written examination in three subjects: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature, Mathematics, and the first foreign language. The Government of Tuzla Canton reduced the external matura from 14 subjects to these three and required the Pedagoški zavod to publish a katalog pitanja from which every test item must come.
- Time limit: Not published
- Exam / certification fees: 0 KM Official sources
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Tuzla Canton Secondary Matura: Suggested Study Strategy
Frequently Asked Questions
Which subjects are examined on the Tuzla Canton Secondary External Matura?
Three: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language and literature, Mathematics, and the first foreign language the student studied throughout secondary school. The Government of Tuzla Canton reduced the examination from 14 subjects to these three, and Pedagoški zavod TK publishes a katalog pitanja from which all test items must be drawn.
Where are the official preparation materials published?
Pedagoški zavod Tuzlanskog kantona publishes the Pravilnici, Katalozi, Obrasci and Ispitni zadaci for the secondary external matura on its ematura.pztz.ba portal, together with the annual decision setting the examination date.
In what languages is the official TK Secondary Matura administered?
The official papers are written in Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian, with the foreign-language paper in the language the candidate studied as their first foreign language. This practice bank provides an English-language MCQ study adaptation and is not an official translation of the exam.