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Italy's Maturity takes shape as writing returns but only in Italian

February 01, 2022

Education Barbara Floridia states the exam will be different from last year and that if the pandemic allows, they will try to go back to a traditional exam.

Quebec education minister to reintroduce provincial exams in 2021-2022 school year

January 31, 2022

Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge will reintroduce mandatory ministerial exams in 2021-22 and change the way they are weighted. The 2021-2022 school year will be divided into two terms, with the following weighting: 40 per cent for the first term (August 2021 to January 2022) and 60 per cent for the second (February 2022 to June 2022).

Tawjihi students sit for exams in Jordan

January 31, 2022

Approximately 207,000 students had signed up to take part in the Tawjihi exams for the summer session of 2021, according to the Ministry of Education. Education Ministry announces Tawjihi results last August.

Rwanda Students To Return To School

January 28, 2022

The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released a nationwide ‘back to school’ transport schedule for boarding students.

Peru Minedu will work with decentralized National Curriculum regions

January 27, 2022

The head of Education indicated that the new National Curriculum will be oriented towards problem solving with a STEAM approach (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) and that Minedu is preparing a set of measures to start the evaluation of this document taking taking into account the sociocultural characteristics of each territory.

Morocco Announces Exam Schedule for National, Regional Baccalaureate

January 26, 2022

Morocco’s ministry of education announced the extension of the 2021-2022 school year by a month, and Moroccan schools officially opened last October. Schools will follow the government calendar to carry on upcoming exams, scheduled for July 2022.

US community colleges continue major enrollment decline

January 25, 2022

Large numbers of students left school during the pandemic and never came back.

Cyberattack delaying Portuguese language certificates for Portugal students

January 25, 2022

Thousands of Portugal students have been left waiting for results of Portuguese language tests following a cyberattack.

More than 235 thousand people took Chile's Transition Test

January 24, 2022

Undersecretary of Higher Education addressed the results of the surrender of the PDT, which was again applied in the context of the pandemic and why the test was carried out in two groups and under sanitary protocols.

Growing ‘maze’ of education credentials is confusing US consumers, employers

January 21, 2022

As more jobs require postsecondary training, more providers jump in to offer it — including fakes and scammers.

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