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Students who missed June exams to be fairly assessed

August 17, 2020

Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) says students who missed parts of the O-and A-level mother tongue language examinations last month because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be fairly assessed and not disadvantaged. This comes after a several students missed their exams due to them testing positive for Covid-19.

Expanding Indian Higher Education

August 14, 2020

India’s plans to completely overhaul its higher education system for the first time in 34 years and to open it to international branch campuses have been hailed as impressive by observers. The National Education Policy (NEP), approved after 12 months of public consultation, sets out a 20-year blueprint to nearly double higher education capacity.

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct compartment exams

August 14, 2020

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that it that it will not cancel their CBSE compartment exams for 10th and 12th with thoughts that it will adversely affect candidates.

UK universities comply with China's internet restrictions

August 13, 2020

UK universities are testing a new online teaching link for students in China - which will require course materials to comply with Chinese restrictions on the internet.

Armenian schools skip exams for some grades

August 12, 2020

4th and 9th graders in elementary schools in Armenia will not have to pass examinations at the end of the academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Students’ grades and records will be summed up electronically and considered examination grades.

Armenian high school students, parents protest new university entrance exam regulations

August 12, 2020

The reason behind these demonstrations is that a number of high school students who received high scores on their admissions exams were still not admitted into universities. At the same time, those who had lower scores were allowed in.

Situation is tense outside Armenia education ministry

August 11, 2020

Currently, the situation is tense in front of the building of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia. Police do not allow the applicants who were not admitted to universities and their parents to approach the building.

With no exams, French pupils break baccalaureate pass record

August 11, 2020

A record number of lycée pupils passed the baccalaureate this year, putting pressure on university places.

A-level and GCSE results to be higher this summer

August 11, 2020

GCSE and A-level results in England will be higher this summer, with exam boards set to be more lenient.

Scotland's results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered

August 11, 2020

Thousands of Scottish school pupils have received worse results than they had been expecting after the country's exam body lowered 125,000 estimated grades that were accessed by teachers. Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) faces backlash and First Minister of Scotland apologizes after accepting her government "did not get it right" over Scottish exam results.

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