March 15, 2021
The Ministry of Education recently unveiled draft versions of new standards students will have to pass in order to get any NCEA qualification from 2023. Several classics teachers say they are disappointed by an announcement to drop the subject from NCEA Level 1, and cut Latin from NCEA entirely.
March 15, 2021
The University of the Philippines (UP) cancels the conduct of the UP College Admissions Test (UPCAT), one the toughest college entrance exams taken by hundreds of thousands of applicants annually. The country’s premier state university will evaluate applicants based on their high school records.
March 13, 2021
MIFI declared that it was in the public interest to suspend, until April 1, 2021, the receipt and processing of applications for temporary selection for studies submitted by international students admitted to or enrolled in one of the 10 educational institutions currently being audited by the Ministry of Higher Education.
March 13, 2021
The Quebec government announced that the end-of-year provincial exams for Grades 10 and 11 are cancelled. CEGEPs will rely on marks given by teachers to evaluate students. Schools will put more emphasis on marks garnered during the second semester.
March 11, 2021
The Government of Ireland has reversed their plan to send students back to school for three days a week as part of a new lockdown measures to combat Covid-19. Final year students will now engage in remote learning for five days a week until the end of January.
March 11, 2021
A worrying drop in the proportion of Leaving Certificate candidates studying a foreign language has emerged in new Education Department figures.
March 11, 2021
The 2021 session of the general and technological baccalaureate, a certificate of competence in modern foreign and regional languages will be issued to candidates at the end of the terminal cycle at the same time as the diploma.
March 11, 2021
New updates on the Wales A-levels and GCSE exam schedule for the half term in February 2021.
March 10, 2021
Faced with the health crisis, the executive is considering making “adaptations” to the 2021 baccalaureate. This also concerns certain competitions or exams in higher education and the civil service.
March 10, 2021
Singapore Education Minister announced that the country is ready to move towards an education model that is less exam-focused. This does not mean that exams and assessments will not play a role in the education system, but that there should be a balance between academics and other learning opportunities.