Education Minister Byron Camilleri said that MATSEC students' results were being given priority, as e-ID services are being restored, after an outage disrupted the government online service on Tuesday.
Camilleri said in Parliament that the government had been informed by MATSEC that SEC and A-Level results were due to be released through the online portal on Tuesday, but said he could not determine whether responsibility for the outage lay with the e-ID system or MATSEC itself.
The issue was raised in Parliament by Labour MP Romilda Zarb, who asked about the disruption and the impact it had on students attempting to access their MATSEC marks.
A government e-ID outage disrupted access to several online public services on Tuesday, including the MATSEC portal, leaving some students unable to view their SEC and A-Level examination results.
Camilleri acknowledged the frustration faced by students who had been waiting for their results, noting that while some had already managed to receive their marks, others were still unable to access them.
He said the system was gradually being restored, with priority initially given to allowing students to access their examination results.
The MyHealth system and other government services requiring an e-ID login would then be brought back online progressively, he said.
"I am being informed that the situation is returning to normal so that all students can see the results they worked for," Camilleri told Parliament.
The government's e-ID service went down on Tuesday afternoon, affecting a number of government websites and online services which require users to log in using their electronic identity credentials.
In a Facebook statement, the government's IT agency, MITA, acknowledged the disruption and said its technical teams were investigating the issue.
"Our technical teams are actively investigating the issue and working to restore the service as quickly as possible," MITA said.
The agency apologised for the inconvenience and said further updates would be provided as they became available.