September 03, 2020
Commission of Higher Education announced that several colleges and universities in the Philippines have decided to waive entrance examinations and instead assess students’ admission based on their high school average. There is no uniform policy on the conduct of entrance examinations as other higher education institutions are still holding physical or hybrid entrance examinations.
September 03, 2020
The Egyptian government and students enrolled in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) programme have praised Cambridge’s move to reverse a controversial decision that had downgraded students’ test results. This comes after students expressing outraged over downgraded IGCSE results.
September 02, 2020
The Education Ministry announced yesterday that the Advanced Level (A/L) examination would be held from October 12 to November 6 while the Grade Five Scholarship examination will be held on October 11. The postponement of the exams are based on a conducted survey with students, teachers, and principals.
September 02, 2020
The general education (GE) curriculum movement is taking center stage in undergraduate education in China, becoming a mandatory graduation requirement and a core component of the country's university education system.
September 02, 2020
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has urged professional examinees to consider taking its online examination, as all the pen and paper tests (PPTs) for 2020 had been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.
August 31, 2020
Basic education classes will resume on October 5 as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a six-week-long postponement amid the coronavirus crisis. The Department of Education made the recommendation to change the start date, which was originally earlier set on August 24, due to logistical challenges brought by Covid-19 quarantines.
August 28, 2020
U.S. immigration officials have issued new guidance saying new international students, unlike current international students, cannot come to the U.S. to take an entirely online course of study. New international students may enroll in hybrid programs consisting of a mix of in-person and online courses, as long as their coursework is not "100 percent online."
August 27, 2020
The SPM exam was supposed to be held from Nov 16 to Dec 7 this year. The Education Ministry (MOE) has announced the rescheduled dates of major examinations will be held next year in 2021.
August 26, 2020
The Beirut Port explosion that occurred on August 4, 2020 caused partial or complete destruction of about 70 public schools and 50 private schools in Beirut and neighboring areas. Such devastation threatens to disrupt the new academic year and deprive about 55,000 Lebanese and non-Lebanese students enrolled in these schools of their right to education.
August 26, 2020
Morocco’s Ministry of Education will organize, for the first time ever, national unified entry exams for medical, pharmacy, and dental schools. Students will take their exam at one of the new available exam centers, which limits the need to travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.