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SSC, HSC exams to be held offline this year in Maharashtra

April 21, 2021

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) board examinations will be conducted offline this year by maintaining COVID-19 standard operating procedures. The exams cannot be conducted via online mode because there are many students who do not have access to internet, WiFi connection, adequate power supply, computer and smartphones

Cambodia adds human trafficking lessons to schools

April 21, 2021

The Southeast Asian country - which faces U.S. sanctions if it does not improve its record on human trafficking in 2021 - will add lessons to its syllabus for primary and high school students.

Standardized tests are a go, but Maryland scales them back amid pandemic

April 20, 2021

Even as the pandemic has upended so much of school life, one rite of spring will go on as before in Maryland: standardized testing. But this year, the exams will be shorter and limited to math and English, under a plan adopted this week by the Maryland State Board of Education.

Education creates virtual attention teams for students in each province

April 19, 2021

Spain's education committee has established virtual care teams (AVA) in each province , which will assist students who follow their training from home when teachers from their own center cannot take over.

MINED performs extraordinary ADVANCED test to students of flexible modality and deprived of liberty

April 17, 2021

The new AVANZO test, replacing the Learning and Aptitudes Test for High School Graduates (PAES), has been administered for nearly six thousand students.

MINED suspends the start of face-to-face classes

April 17, 2021

El Salvador MINED announced that all public schools, private schools, and universities will suspend face-to-face classes in 2021 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The start of classes is still scheduled for February.

Kenya schools reopened, after 10 months of closure due to Covid-19

April 15, 2021

In Kenya, life has almost returned to normal since schools finally reopened. A closure that lasted nearly 10 months to stem the spread of Covid-19. Today, thousands of school children are dropping out of school. The consequences of this long closure will be felt over several years.

Karnataka SSLC and PUC Exams 2021 Postponed until May and June

April 15, 2021

Karnataka State Primary and Secondary Education Minister has confirmed that the SSLC Exam 2021 for Class 10 and PUC Exam 2021 for Class 12 students have been postponed and will not be held in March. This year, Karnataka SSLC 2021 would be conducted in first week of June while Karnataka PUC would be conducted in May 2021.

College Board Changes AP Exams Again to Accommodate Pandemic-Era Testing

April 15, 2021

The College Board announced a new schedule for Advanced Placement (AP) exams for the school year. The school will administer the tests both in-person on paper and at home online over a three-week period in May.

Ghana Tertiary Education Commission replaces NCTE, NAB

April 14, 2021

The National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and the National Accreditation Board (NAB) have been merged under the new Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023).

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