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Oman CBSE board exams to return to single format from next academic year

May 11, 2022

The exam will return to this format from the 2022-23 academic year, with students giving the exam during the 2021-22 year required to write two sets of papers: one in November/December of last year, and the other scheduled for April.

Ireland Leaving Cert exams to run 'as normal' in 2022

May 10, 2022

The Leaving Cert is expected to run “as normal” in 2022, with the Department of Education currently considering potentially running oral exams around the Easter break again this academic year.

Hong Kong university entrance exams will go ahead as scheduled

May 10, 2022

Education chief Kevin Yeung says centres will be set up at the government isolation facility for exam candidates who are close contacts of Covid-19 patients or infected themselves.

Chile new admission test to Ues. will focus on competencies and will have an elective exam in Mathematics

May 09, 2022

The latest version of the transition test will be taken in July, so the new university admission format will debut at the end of 2022. Except for Science, the exams will have 65 questions, which include not only "knowledge", but also the "know how", in order to measure knowledge and skills.

Spain students will face a more flexible EBAU in the next 2 years

May 06, 2022

Courses 21/22 and 22/23 will have a more flexible Baccalaureate Assessment for University Access (EBAU) similar to that of exercise 20/21. The Ministry of Education has proposed to the autonomous communities to maintain during this academic year and the following one the formula used the previous year.

India CMAT 2022: National Testing Agency announces exam date

May 05, 2022

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the exam date for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT 2022), which will be held in April 2022.

Flexible and decentralised education at Norway vocational colleges, university colleges and universities

May 05, 2022

The Norwegian Government is seeking to open up the education system to a greater extent. The purpose of this strategy is to increase access to flexible and decentralised high-quality education programmes that are adapted to the various needs of the work force as a whole and of individuals.

The mass resignation at agency behind Brazil's national university entry exam

May 04, 2022

A total of 29 officials have resigned from the Brazilian educational studies institute Inep just two weeks before Brazil’s national university entrance exam Enem is set to take place. The mass resignations have jeopardized this year’s Enem exam 2021.

Moroccan Universities adopted Bachelor System last September

May 03, 2022

Moroccan universities are set to implement the Bachelor system, announced Morocco’s Minister of National Education Said Amzzazi. Moroccan universities initially intended to adopt the Bachelor system for the current academic year, starting in September 2020. But the launch was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Italy Maturity 2022, the ordinance of the Ministry: two writings, oral and news on the vote

May 03, 2022

These were not easy months for final year students: between advances, requests and various over-the-counter of the MI, the ordinance regulating the entire development of the 2022 maturity was only published on March 14 . With the order, the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi confirms both the writings (first and second tests) and the oral interview divided into three phases.

Ukraine strives for freshmen

May 02, 2022

Final exams at Ukrainian schools cannot take place because of the war. Nevertheless, the government tries to admit new students.

Students in the region continue to face testing times

April 29, 2022

According to UNESCO, the education of more than 1.5 billion students in 165 countries was interrupted as a result of university and school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spain's new Celaá law forces 1,500 students to change their Baccalaureate in the middle of the course

April 28, 2022

A change in the regulations of the new LOMLOE forces students to start a new modality or change subjects

Thailand students with Covid-19 can sit university aptitude tests with doctor’s consent

April 28, 2022

Government officials have decided that students infected with Covid-19 who need to sit university aptitude tests can do so at specially-prepared sites, if their doctor agrees. Education Minister Treenuch Thienthong says pre-university students, who need to sit the General Aptitude Test/Professional and Academic Aptitude Test, can do so under certain conditions.

Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage

April 27, 2022

The cash-strapped South Asian nation of 22 million announced this week that it will seek an IMF bailout to resolve its worsening foreign debt crisis and shore up external reserves.

India Intermediate and SSC exams rescheduled

April 26, 2022

The State government has rescheduled Intermediate and SSC examinations in view of change in the schedule for Joint Entrance Exams (Main) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

No more mid-year exams for all Singapore primary and secondary schools from 2023

April 26, 2022

Schools will remove mid-year examinations for all primary and secondary school students by next year, in an ongoing move to shift the focus from academic grades and tests.

Hong Kong in-person classes from kindergartens to secondary schools to resume in stages until mid-May

April 25, 2022

Students will stagger return due to Covid-19, higher forms will be first to be back on campuses from April 19 for half-day classes. Full-day classes unlikely for primary schools and kindergartens so soon, says Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung.

Saudi students return to full class attendance

April 22, 2022

Students in the Kingdom returned to in-class education in public, private and foreign schools, special education institutes and programs amid a national commitment to continue education with full attendance.

Norway government wants to postpone the scheme with two examiners

April 21, 2022

The government announced that they want to postpone the requirement for two examiners until after a new law on universities and colleges is presented to the Storting in 2023.

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