September 10, 2020
The pandemic has shifted Spain's academic calendar for the 2020-2021 year, announced by the Education Sector. Students will also have postponed entrance exams in all autonomous communities and later university enrollment dates.
September 09, 2020
The 'Selectividad' exam have been more flexible, with greater optionality, due to the confinement suffered by students by the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from the flexibility during the pandemic, the exam has faced several controversies with changes to different parts of the exam.
September 09, 2020
BTec results were released and students will be receiving revised grades. Grading was delayed by Pearson due to recalculation after A-level and GCSE results were lowered that affected over 400,000 students.
September 09, 2020
Of the 402,000 students registered to take the SAT and SAT Subject Tests in August, nearly half will be unable to take the test for which they signed up because so many testing centers have closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
September 09, 2020
Education Minister of Netherlands announced that central school leaving exams have been cancelled. This comes after secondary school organizations urged the government, saying that it is impossible to organize these exams in a safe way during the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 09, 2020
Full publications and press releases from the Government of United Kingdom relating to the changes of awarding vocational and technical qualifications in the academic year for 2019-2020. Ofqual has been working with awarding organizations to ensure alternative arrangements of over 14,000 qualifications.
September 04, 2020
As schools resume across Canada in September, changes are being implemented province by province to protect students and teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister announced $2 billion in support for provinces and territories to ensure the safety of students and staff members throughout the school year.
September 04, 2020
Postgraduate medical education in Canada drastically changed due to COVID-19. This article identifies key issues that medical schools and residents face in this new paradigm of medical education.
September 04, 2020
EQAO, the province’s standardized testing in Ontario, is cancelled for the 2019-20 school year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Secondary School Literacy Test for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma has been waived for this graduation year.
September 03, 2020
Minister of Education and Technical Education announced on Tuesday that the success rate for this year’s secondary school-leaving (Thanaweyya Amma) exams stands at 81.5%. This comes after a series of changes to precautionary anti-cheating measures and exam safety procedures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.