April 30, 2021
International efforts were required to meet the "huge challenges" facing global educational systems as they scrambled to adapt to distance learning, said Dr. Hamad Al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's education minister.
April 30, 2021
The Kaduna State Government in Nigeria has directed public and private secondary schools, across the state, to reopen for academic activities on Feb. 1.
April 30, 2021
Philippines Department of Education denied “misleading” claims of a massive dropout rate in the basic education for school year 2020-2021 when blended learning due to the pandemic was implemented in schools.
April 30, 2021
Philippines Department of Education Briones describes the modular type of learning as a non-sustainable and expensive mode of learning in this time of new normal. Briones said she would want the agency to take advantage of the technology, such as radio, internet, and television, in transmitting knowledge to learners.
April 29, 2021
Seeing this as an opportunity to increase Tokyo's soft power, the Japanese government since 2016 has set aside around 70 million yen a year to boost exports of education services to developing nations, like Egypt and Vietnam, in an initiative dubbed "Edu-port Nippon."
April 28, 2021
Pennsylvania will allow public schools the option to postpone federally-required academic achievement and English learner proficiency tests until the fall. As education recovery continues, the Pennsylvania Department of Health decided it would be up to the schools to decide whether to delay standardized testing or proctor as planned.
April 27, 2021
The Ministry of Education held an urgent meeting to ensure that schools and students are informed about the postponement of face-to-face classes.
April 26, 2021
The IB has confirmed that it will offer a dual route for the May 2021 Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme examination session. This follows a January survey of over 3,000 schools in 152 countries indicating that many schools and students continue to face huge challenges nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the successful roll-out of a similar model in our November 2020 exam series.
April 22, 2021
GCSEs and A-levels cancelled in England by the pandemic will be replaced by grades decided by teachers, the exams watchdog Ofqual has confirmed. Cambridge, Pearson, Oxford has released guidance and procedures for this year's exams.