February 02, 2021
Over two months after students across Pakistan returned to classes, authorities decided to close all educational institutions again to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. All universities, colleges and schools will switch to online teaching mode.
February 01, 2021
National Examination Council NECO has stopped the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examination SSCE after the country-wide #ENDSARS protests. The decision to stop the conduct of the examination also followed the declaration of 24-hour curfew by some state governors especially those of Lagos, Ogun, Edo and Imo where the #ENDSARS protest had assumed destructive dimensions.
February 01, 2021
Hong Kong pushed back the re-opening of classrooms for more than a month as part of government measures to stamp out the spread of the coronavirus.
January 29, 2021
The Philippines Supreme Court is ironed out preparations for the country’s first-ever localized and online examination for new lawyers later this year with the holding of a mock bar exam. The mock test will be small-scale involving 120 students divided in four testing sites–Baguio City, Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao.
January 29, 2021
Students of government and private medical colleges in Bangladesh have staged a protest at Shahbagh, demanding online classes as an alternative, as they refuse to sit for exams amid the coronavirus crisis.
January 28, 2021
The government has decided not to hold Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations this year.
January 27, 2021
Education Minister Dipu Moni declared "There will be no annual exams for them. There will be no results, no grading …" Students will be promoted to next classes this year without any annual examinations and will be assessed through assignments.
January 26, 2021
South Africa’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) confirmed it will investigate circumstances around a leaked Mathematics Paper 2 “fully and thoroughly”. “The origins of the leak are not clear as yet but the matric candidates who had access to the question paper appear to be located in Limpopo and Gauteng provinces,” the Department of Education said in a statement.
January 26, 2021
Federal Education Council unanimously approves re-opening of classrooms in educational institutions, subject to the discretion of each district.
January 26, 2021
The government has decided to extend the ongoing shutdown on schools and other educational institutions of the country till December 19 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.