One cutting Ancient Egyptian exam class (8)
I believe the answer is:
tutorial
'class' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'one cutting ancient egyptian exam' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'ancient egyptian' becomes 'tut' (Tutankhamun, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh).
'exam' becomes 'oral' (spoken academic test).
'tut'+'oral'='tutoral'
'i' placed within 'tutoral' is 'TUTORIAL'.
(Other definitions for tutorial that I've seen before include "Conference" , "Private lesson" , "University lesson" , "Class" , "Period of teaching as from college lecturer" .)