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Morocco’s Planned Reforms for Undergraduate Education Stir Broad Opposition

January 13, 2021

Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education's plan to bump up the number of years required to earn a bachelor’s degree from three to four years has been delayed.

MOE releases range of indicative cut-off points for different types of secondary schools

January 12, 2021

In the lead up to the new primary school leaving examination (PSLE) scoring system next year, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has released the range of indicative cut-off points for different types of secondary schools in Singapore.

New measures for the organization of the baccalaureate

January 11, 2021

The Niger government has just announced new measures and reforms in the organization of the 2021 baccalaureate exam session.

UnB will not take an entrance exam in 2020. Access will only be through Enem.

January 08, 2021

University of Brasilia (UnB) will not take the entrance exam for new students in 2020. Students will be accessed through the National High School Exam (Enem). This comes as the country continues to deal with the coronavirus.

GCSEs and A-levels 2021: Government insists exams will go ahead in England despite Lockdown 2

January 08, 2021

The Government has insisted that GCSE and A-level exams will go ahead in England despite the new national lockdown. Exams are due to start three weeks later than normal in 2021.

Baccalaureate time after a school year disrupted by the Covid-19

January 07, 2021

Baccalaureate exams continue on in Madagascar as the country reported nearly 17,000 cases of Covid-19 (include 238 deaths) and after an exam subject scandal between teachers and candidates.

Three baccalaureate candidates alleged to have shared false topics in Tana

January 06, 2021

The dissemination of false subjects of the current baccalaureate examination continues as they were published on social networks that affected localities - Antalaha, Ihorombe and Antananarivo.

Wales qualifications body urges scrapping of next year's exams

January 05, 2021

Welsh government told there should be no GCSE and AS-level exams, and single paper for A-levels. The single A-level exam would enable students in Wales to apply for higher education places next summer, alongside their peers in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, where A-levels are being retained.

2021 GCSE grades could be even more generous

January 04, 2021

There is currently discussion for plans to be "holistically more generous grading" as there is an increasingly urgent need to fix arrangements for next summer’s exams.

November GCSE exams in NI postponed for two weeks

January 04, 2021

Education Minister Peter Weir decided that November GCSE exams in Northern Ireland postponed for two weeks and will now take place November 23 to 25. This comes as over 1,500 positive cases of coronavirus has been recorded in schools since they reopened.

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