September 28, 2020
Egypt's Education Minister Tarek Shawki announced that the decades-old Thanaweya Amma exam system has been removed at the end of the 2019/2020 academic year. The exam will no longer be unified, will have have four versions, and will be taken electronically.
September 28, 2020
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) denies leakage of its Mathematics paper, this comes as students begin to sit for exams. The WAEC examinations are four months behind schedule due largely to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country.
September 28, 2020
The college admission test was supposed to be given, but many testing centers were closed. This was supposed to be the first test administration since the ACT vowed to improve in light of what happened in July 2020 test administration.
September 28, 2020
Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education announces that the NABTEB is fixed and will conduct their examinations between September 21 and October 15. The NCEE for JSS 3 Students’ admission to Technical Colleges had been brought forward from to September 5, from its previous date of October 3.
September 28, 2020
Lagos government releases plans for the 2020-2021 academic year
September 26, 2020
Over 82,000 students had to take their entrance exams in an open-air stadium due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the tests will be announced on Monday, September 21.
September 25, 2020
Ministry of Education and Technical Education announces that the ministry is looking for solutions to the crisis regarding the 2020 SAT exams. College Board, which administers the SAT tests, cancelled planned tests on 29 August in Egypt until June 2021.
September 24, 2020
Bahamas Minister of Education announced that new school year will begin October 5, moving from the previously scheduled opening date of September 21. This is due to the substantial increase in infection rate of the novel coronavirus.
September 24, 2020
Over 90 percent of secondary school candidates in Benadir, the metropolitan region that includes Mogadishu, failed the national exam. Questioned over the mass failure in Mogadishu, Education Minister Goddah Barre blamed students and teachers.
September 24, 2020
Basic Education minister of South Africa announced that students will not be compromised by late release of Grade 12 results in 2021. Universities are expected to start their 2021 academic year in March or April next year.