August 25, 2020
The Regional Academy of Education and Training (AREF) has replied to students from the town of Taounate who protested the alleged inaccurate correction of baccalaureate exams. Students traveled to the imperial city to protest and demanding the correction of their exam papers, in accordance with the criteria set out by the Ministry of Education. Several weeks later, Morocco MOE reports a record-breaking exam retake season.
August 25, 2020
UK Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says he is "incredibly sorry for the distress" caused to pupils after having to make a U-turn in how A-levels and GCSEs are graded. With this continues to develop, universities are scrambling over changes and placements of incoming students.
August 24, 2020
The Education and Training Act 2020, containing the biggest changes to New Zealand education in decades, has passed all stages in Parliament and become law.
August 21, 2020
The United Kingdom Government has announced in an official statement that students in England will receive teacher assessed grades for GCSE and A level results this summer. This come after an outpouring of anger over the decision to use an algorithm to determine grades that led to almost 40% of predicted results being downgraded.
August 21, 2020
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the Ministry of Education and Training to hold the high school graduation examination in all provinces and cities as previously scheduled, including in Da Nang where new COVID-19 cases have appeared. The examination date is two months later than in previous years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 20, 2020
More than 800 third-grade high school students and 25 teachers in Peru will have access to online French classes from mid-August. In the future, they will have the possibility of achieving the DELF certification granted by the French Ministry of National Education.
August 20, 2020
Hong Kong’s biggest international school group has joined thousands of students worldwide in demanding that the International Baccalaureate explain poorer-than-expected grades based on schoolwork, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of written examinations. A global online petition is being circulated and has drawn over 23,000 signatures so far.
August 19, 2020
Hong Kong school leavers are more stressed than ever, worrying about exam test results and job prospects due to the double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-government protests. Over 52,000 Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) candidates encountered major disruption to their final year.
August 18, 2020
Sweden Education Minister announced that a university entry exam, the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT), is likely to be canceled again due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will move to spring 2021 instead. The move to cancel the exam comes after consultation with the universities responsible for carrying out the tests, and the body responsible for organising the exams recommending their cancellation.
August 18, 2020
Nearly 40% of the 700,000 teacher A-level assessments downgraded by exam regulator's algorithm for students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, according to detailed analysis published by exam regulator Ofqual.