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Leaked papers may lead to learners losing their matric certificates in South Africa

May 14, 2021

The results of learners implicated in the leak of the two papers in the 2020 matric examination and the results of those learners involved in “group copying” will be blocked while investigations continue.

Nigeria’s Education Minister insists resumption of schools

May 13, 2021

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said that the January 18, 2021 schools’ resumption date will not be changed. The Minister said the decision to maintain the resumption date was the aftermath of extensive consultations with relevant stakeholders which includes staff unions and students respectively.

South Africa’s new 2021 school calendar will come at a big cost

May 12, 2021

Department of Education have narrowed the curriculum as part of a process known as ‘trimming’ which means that these students were not exposed to the full curriculum. However in matric, they will be examined on the full contents of Grades 10, 11 and 12.

NY Board of Regents Votes to Cancel Most Regents Exams

May 12, 2021

The New York State Board of Regents voted to cancel all Regents exams for the rest of the year except for four federally mandated exams in English, math, earth science and living environment.

Admissions open for e-learning, distance education in five Saudi Arabia universities

May 11, 2021

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the reopening of admission to the second semester of e-learning and distance education program in 5 public universities, after a hiatus of 3 years, despite the high demand for distance education and e-learning programs and specializations in the Kingdom.

Egypt’s Higher Education Minister calls on Egyptian scholars in US and Canada to support the country

May 11, 2021

Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research aims to encourage Egyptian scholars who have studied abroad to support the future of Egypt, he said, stressing that these scholars are keen to contribute to the achievements of their homeland.

Proposals for future assessment arrangements for GCSE French, German and Spanish

May 11, 2021

A 10-week consultation has started on how GCSE MFL qualifications in French, German and Spanish will be assessed in the future.

Tests axed for school entry due to Covid in Thailand

May 11, 2021

Thailand Ministry of Education announced Ordinary National Education Test (O-Net) scores will not be used as criteria for admitting students into Mathayom 1 (Grade 7) and Mathayom 4 (Grade 10) in the next academic year. In addition, O-Net scores will not be used as an indicator evaluating the performance of schools and their administrators.

Brunei's MoE to focus on digital literacy

May 10, 2021

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is simultaneously developing a digital literacy standard to provide the latest and relevant curriculum to deliver competency and skills required for 21st Century students.

All SPM 2020 exam papers to be marked online

May 10, 2021

Malaysia Education Ministry (MOE) is fully implementing the online marking and grading method using the LPSkor system for all Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination papers. The LPSkor system can expedite the marking process and the release of the results while maintaining the principles of fairness, authenticity and trust.

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