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Partial digital exam this autumn in Norway

August 12, 2021

There will be a mixture of exams with supervision and digital exams in the autumn for Norway.

Egypt restores paper-based exams for high-school students, cancels online modules

August 12, 2021

Going back on online exams comes against the backdrop of growing fears among students' parents of going through power outages during the exam.

Educació prepares a high school diploma in three years and with a fourth modality

August 11, 2021

The Department of Education is preparing a draft decree that will define the new baccalaureate that will be taught in the 2022-2023 academic year in Catalonia and that, due to its characteristics, will condition the university entrance exams (PAU). This comes as the county is facing high school dropouts and other student retention challenges.

More than 60 disciplinary proceedings and sanctions against schools that inflate grades have been filed

August 10, 2021

The General Inspectorate of Education and Science (IGEC) has instituted, in the last two years, 66 disciplinary proceedings related to irregularities in the attribution of grades to students, having applied 64 sanctions to schools, ranging from written reprimands to suspension of functions.

Graduation didactic tests are waived for some students of distance, combined or evening study

August 10, 2021

Prime Minister Babiš announced graduation didactic tests will not have to be taken by those students of health and social sciences who have distance, evening or combined study. Other students in these fields have received relief before because they work in hospitals or nursing homes due to the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, the Prime Minister asked all graduates for patience.

Pass thresholds have been set for all Croatia state matura exams 2021

August 09, 2021

The National Center for External Evaluation of Education (NCVVO) has announced pass thresholds for all compulsory and elective subjects at the state matriculation exam this year.

Macron scraps French leaders' elite training school

August 09, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron has officially announced the closure of the École Nationale d’Administration, or ENA, the elite grande école that has trained France’s high-ranking civil servants and many of its political and business leaders for nearly three-quarters of a century. It will be replaced by a more socially diverse institution.

The modalities of the 2021 CEB and CE1D exams

August 09, 2021

The Wallonia-Brussels Federation announced that there will be official results and a recalculated score for the CE1D and CESS exams.

Vietnam, Mozambique to enhance educational cooperation

August 06, 2021

The Pedagogical University of Maputo (UP Maputo) and other educational institutions in Mozambique highly value their education ties with Vietnamese partners and wish to strengthen bilateral cooperation in language training (Portuguese and Vietnamese) for students as well as diversify the forms of educational collaboration between the two countries.

Reform of the PACES - the students of medicine fear "of being a sacrificed generation"

August 06, 2021

Since the start of the September academic year, the reform of the PACES has applied to all French universities. The major challenge: to abolish the numerus clausus applied until then. The number of students who can access the second year is now set by the universities themselves according to their capacity. The process is modified, but the principle of selection after the first year remains valid.

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