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Jan 20, 2025

Tens of thousands of Victorian students receive ATAR following tumultuous VCE exam period

Results for the 2024 VCE exams have been released, with 47,461 students completing the VCE. A total of 41 students achieved the highest possible ATAR rank of 99.95, compared to 39 last year. The government has launched an investigation into blunders that saw questions on some of the 2024 exams published early.

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Jan 15, 2025

Egypt to make AI, programming core subjects for 1st-yearr secondary school students in 2025

Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel-Latif announced Wednesday that artificial intelligence (AI) and programming will become core subjects for first-year secondary school students starting next year.

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Jan 14, 2025

National medical and dental exams are on the Education Committee's agenda

The creation of national proficiency exams in medicine and dentistry may be voted on this Tuesday (17) by the Education and Culture Committee.

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Jan 13, 2025

ATAR Year 12 exams debate grows as more high school students follow alternative pathways to university

In Australia, 42 per cent of students who started university in 2023 used criteria other than their ATAR for admission. The government maintains graduating high school with an ATAR is the best preparation for university. Some students have said they weren’t made aware of the alternative pathways available.

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Jan 9, 2025

The National Education Agency responds to the teacher's criticism of digital national tests

This year, for the first time, the national exams have been written digitally at some secondary schools around the country.

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Jan 8, 2025

Portugal National exam and test dates published for 2025

National exam and test dates published for 2025. See the full calendar here The dates for the final exams and equivalence exams for primary school attendance, the final national secondary school exams and the equivalence exams for secondary school attendance have been approved.

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Jan 7, 2025

Teachers’ Livelihoods are Strained Amid Egypt’s Thanaweya Amma Reforms

The General Secondary Education Certificate, known as thanaweya amma, underwent a major revamp in August of this year as part of an overhaul of Egypt’s education spearheaded by newly appointed Minister of Education Mohamed Abdel Latif.

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Jan 6, 2025

WA secondary education review recommends more challenge and reward for students

The expert panel report, commissioned to provide advice to the state government on improving secondary education, has been released today. The Pathways for Post-School Success report recommends encouraging students to take harder subjects and including some VET subjects when calculating ATAR scores, among other changes.

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Jan 3, 2025

Minister Barroso monitors the application of the 2nd Enam tests

The president of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) and the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, attended the second edition of the National Judiciary Exam (Enam) at Estácio de Sá University, in Rio de Janeiro. Just over 33 thousand candidates registered for the exams, which took place throughout the country.

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Jan 1, 2025

Egypt mandates 20% of total grades of American Diploma, int’l high school students for Arabic, history

Minister of Education Mohamed Abdel Latif has issued new decisions mandating that all schools operating in Egypt, which confer international high school certificates, include the teaching of Arabic and history as integral components of students' overall grades.

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