August 26, 2021
School Minister Yvonne Gebauer has rejected complaints about difficult math tasks in this year's Abitur exams in North Rhine-Westphalia. The tasks were "appropriate and in line with the curriculum", "solvable" and not flawed, said the FDP politician on Wednesday in the school committee of the Düsseldorf state parliament.
August 25, 2021
The official graduation, which was pushed by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (YES), would require a change in the law and is not yet on the table, the minister told deputies today during a debate on the form of graduations and the possibilities of resuming full-time teaching in schools.
August 25, 2021
Myanmar Military Council is now requiring private school students to meet in-person as COVID cases climb. If students study online, they will not get the school attendance (AR) and will not be allowed to take any exams.
August 24, 2021
Queensland's curriculum authority is undertaking a "short, sharp" review of the new Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) in a bid to improve the system for senior students this year, after receiving feedback from schools during the rollout.
August 24, 2021
Egyptian and Emirati officials discussed collaborations to develop the content of the Digital School to provide a certified high-tech online education to reach students in disadvantaged communities across the world.
August 23, 2021
Brunei Examinations Department, Ministry of Education moves forward with their Brunei-Cambridge GCE ‘O’, ‘AS’, ‘A’ Levels and IGCSE Examination in Fall 2021. Exams will take place in October and November.
August 23, 2021
Myanmar’s education system has been in disarray since February’s military coup, with many students boycotting school. More than 90 percent haven’t enrolled for the new academic year that started June 1, and teacher attendance is less than 50 percent.
August 20, 2021
This year's graduates will not have to pass oral graduation exams in Czech and a foreign language. Graduates who work due to the covid-19 epidemic in hospitals or nursing homes will not even have to take state didactic tests. They will be able to choose them voluntarily. Due to the covid-19 epidemic, the uniform entrance exams for graduation courses will be postponed again this year.
August 20, 2021
The National Conference of Bar Examiners announced that July 2021 will be the last time it offers states an online bar exam option.
August 19, 2021
Albanian Center for Educational Services (QSHA) has published on its official website the decision to reduce the minimum point limit for each grade for the Mathematics exam in the State Matura. This is after multiple days of students protests and a warning from students of an escalation of protests.