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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 11, 2020
A record number of lycée pupils passed the baccalaureate this year, putting pressure on university places.
August 11, 2020
GCSE and A-level results in England will be higher this summer, with exam boards set to be more lenient.
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.