October 10, 2022
This year, as in previous years, high school students performed best in the school-leaving exams, especially from multi-year high schools. 0.9 percent failed the eight-year exam and 1.3 percent failed the six-year exam, while 2.4 percent failed the four-year exam. On the contrary, 30.1 percent of pupils failed in non-technical fields of study.
October 05, 2022
Lifting student performance, reversing declining attendance and closing the education gap must be the priorities of the next National School Reform Agreement, after years of funding increases failed to secure a significant boost to academic achievement.
October 04, 2022
In the past school year, the smallest share of pupils in the modern history of the Czech Republic, i.e. since 1993, entered fields with a teaching certificate. The share of new apprentices was 27.2 percent of all those admitted to secondary schools. In previous years, their number was around 30 percent.
October 03, 2022
548 secondary school graduates from Ukraine will attend the matriculation exam in Bulgaria because of the ongoing full-scale war in their homeland, Irina Kozik, first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Sofia, told OFFNews. In total, about 25,000 young people will take the exam outside of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science in Kyiv announced.
September 29, 2022
The next school year comes with a novelty in the classroom: the General Baccalaureate. The progressive application of the LOMLOE approved by the Government of Sánchez in 2020 thus introduces a significant novelty this year.
September 27, 2022
Hong Kong schools have been strongly advised to plan more national education activities to foster better understanding of Chinese history among students under the latest government guidelines, sparking concerns that teachers will be overloaded.
September 26, 2022
This year, the PAES test will be applied for the first time, to which is added the change of scales and the possibility of applying for 20 career options.
September 26, 2022
Hundreds of HSC students were caught cheating on their assessments last year as offences increased 27 per cent compared to the year before the pandemic. NSW Education Standards Authority data shows that 854 school-based assessment cheating offences involving more than 734 students at 216 schools were recorded last year.
September 23, 2022
More than 350 Ukrainian students in Ireland are sitting the equivalent of the Leaving Cert for college entry. The online exams, which will run for six days, are being hosted in Trinity College Dublin this week, and in Dublin City University.
September 22, 2022
Hong Kong education authorities have rejected survival plans proposed by two under-enrolled secondary schools, with one set to close its doors in 2026, while the other will operate with fewer subsidies in the coming academic year.
September 21, 2022
Next year, all assessment tests will be carried out in digital format, except for Artistic and Physical Expression. The model will be tested this year in some schools, and the process of selecting the establishments to be included in the pilot project is in progress.
September 20, 2022
The Ministry of Education noted that the loss of documents, including certificates, during the war is not uncommon, but there is an algorithm for restoring certificates.
September 20, 2022
For the first time, a national measurement was carried out in the area of socio-emotional skills, which aims to collect evidence that investigates emotional processes and cognitive regulation.
September 19, 2022
The head of the Government of Mexico City , Claudia Sheinbaum, assured that the admission exams at the high school level such as that of the Metropolitan Commission of Public Institutions of Higher Secondary Education (Comipems) should not be applied at the end of secondary school.
September 16, 2022
All featured in the General Achievement Test, the first major exam this year for year 11 and 12 students, which ran for a marathon four hours, divided into two morning and afternoon sessions.
September 16, 2022
The results for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination, CAPE; Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate, CSEC; and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence, CCSLC, were made available to candidates. There are mixed reactions from some high school teachers and students, following the release of this year’s May/June, Caribbean Examinations Council, (CXC) results.
September 13, 2022
The first tests of on-screen exams are scheduled for the next school year, more than a year late. The language and writing tests would be targeted above all.
September 13, 2022
The Ministry of National Education has just published the success rates for the various 2022 secondary school leaving exams. They are down slightly compared to previous years.
September 12, 2022
Great joy for many of the 7,400 high school graduates from Lower Austria. The results of the written matriculation examinations are impressive.
September 09, 2022
Egypt's 2022/2023 school year will begin on 24 September and end on 8 June, Minister of Education Tarek Shawki said on Thursday, saying that the final results of the Thanaweya Amma (high school) exams will be announced by the end of the first week in August.