November 11, 2020
Afghanistan’s schools were in crisis before the pandemic due to conflicts, but as Covid-19 rages on, the Afghan government is struggling to put education first for their students. The Ministry of Education reported that schools should open in October 2020, but at least 7,000 schools still do not have a building.
November 10, 2020
Australia's three biggest states are calling for major changes to NAPLAN tests. NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the disruption from Covid-19 and the cancellation of this year's NAPLAN provided this opportunity to reform the exam.
November 09, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India would complete 75 years of Independence in 2022, students should be learning as per the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Students would learn under a curricular that is forward-looking and scientifically oriented in order to make the country ready for challenges in the 21st century.
November 06, 2020
Georgia moved the beginning of the new academic year of 2020-2021 to September 15 from the original date of October 1. This applies to all public and private schools of Georgia as majority of schools acclimate into a remote educational process.
November 04, 2020
Alberta Education said diploma exams will be optional for students this October and November and universities reassured students that students will still be able to apply to university.
November 04, 2020
Teachers, students and unions march in a demonstration to the Education Delegation and ask for the resignation of Imbroda for the management before courses were marked by the pandemic.
November 03, 2020
Australian universities could get the green light to strike deals with international counterparts under the Morrison government’s new foreign veto laws. The reach of a proposed bill giving Canberra the power to cancel international deals and could effect on international collaboration.
November 03, 2020
Education Minister Dan Tehan announced sweeping changes that would cut the overall government funding in degrees. Tehan announced changes that will favour maths, teaching and nursing units over humanities, commerce and law.
November 02, 2020
Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduates serving their national service as air force technicians can soon earn a diploma while enlisted. The work-study diploma in aircraft maintenance engineering will be conducted over two and a half years.
November 02, 2020
International students can enter Canada from Oct. 20 onwards if their designated learning institution (DLI) has a government-approved COVID-19 readiness plan in place. This comes after IRCC approved 56,000 study permits after the relaxing of online study rules.