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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.

Italy Maturity 2022, subjects they can question you on the oral exam

April 20, 2022

The oral, as indicated in the ordinance, will be structured as follows: it will open with the analysis of a material chosen by the commission (a text, a document, a problem, a project) that will be submitted to the candidate.

Spain's Selectivity 2022: find out when and how it will be

April 19, 2022

There are a few months left before the Baccalaureate Assessment for University Access (EBAU) is held, the test that will be held between June 6 and 17 in ordinary call in all autonomous communities.

Venezuela Enters Face-to-Face Classes at all Educational Levels

April 19, 2022

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced that face-to-face classes will be resumed at all educational levels.

Hong Kong’s exam authority cancels English-speaking assessment amid Omicron outbreak

April 18, 2022

Speaking exam, part of curriculum for university entry, cancelled for three consecutive years. Exam authority chief says proximity required for English oral assessment could lead to ‘higher risk of [virus] transmissions’.

Peru Minedu ensures the education of young people in rural areas

April 15, 2022

In order to ensure the right to quality education for adolescents and young people in rural areas, the Ministry of Education (Minedu) established new models of educational services for this segment of the population.

Italy Maturity 2022 - attribution and conversion of school credit

April 14, 2022

In the final scrutiny, the class council proceeds to assign the scholastic credit to the pupils of the fifth grades of the upper secondary school, who will have to take the Maturity exam

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