October 06, 2020
Morocco’s Ministry of Education has denied the postponement of the regional baccalaureate exam, dismissing a fake press release attributed to the ministry. The regional exam normally takes place in mid-June of every year, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the exams have been pushed back several times.
October 06, 2020
A Level examinations will be held in November 2020 at schools that are believed to be safe and with necessary permissions from government authorities. CAIE also announced that November 2020 exams will not be canceled and will proceed physically as well.
October 05, 2020
Ministry of Education announced that schools in Seoul and surrounding cities will remain online-only until September 20. This measure came as the government decided to extend the social distancing restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 02, 2020
Egypt's Minister of Education and Technical Education announced their new 2020/2021 academic calendar with the year starting on October 17 with a variety of precautionary measures in place to combat the novel Covid-19 crisis.
October 02, 2020
Australia passed the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment (Governance and Other Matters) Bill. This is a step towards improving Australia's vocational education and training vector (VET) with Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) as an effective, modern regulator.
October 01, 2020
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) will introduce a wide-ranging “consideration of educational disadvantage” process to calculate each student’s Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking. All students in Victoria will undergo this case-by-case review due to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 01, 2020
The Coalition Government of Australia hopes to reform their tertiary education with a new strategy plan that supports regional, rural, and remote education initiatives.
September 30, 2020
Minister of Education identifies the source and authors of leakages for the 2020 session of the General Baccalaureate examinations. The percentage of students passing the exam also dropped by over 13% compared to last year, mostly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 30, 2020
Morocco's regional baccalaureate exam will be on October 1-3, after meeting with several federations representing students’ parents. The announcement came after the minister eliminated the possibility of canceling regional baccalaureate exams because it would discredit Morocco’s baccalaureate diploma.
September 29, 2020
Thousands of students will begin their high-pressure crucial final exams on September 2, weeks later than normal, and in parks and stadiums as a preventative measure against the spread of Covid-19. Exams will this year run up to September 14.