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Norway Directorate of Education shall assess whether the examination should be scrapped for good

April 13, 2022

The Directorate of Education is now working on adapting the exam to the subject renewal and the new curricula, which came in 2020.

Four percent fewer first-year students at Germany universities

April 12, 2022

The number of freshmen is falling. This development shows the consequences of the pandemic, but also demographic change.

Why France’s March baccalauréat exams are being pushed back to May

April 12, 2022

Two weeks after an unprecedented mobilization involving teachers and parents of students and less than a hundred days before the presidential election, Jean-Michel Blanquer is playing the appeasement card.

When and at what time are the Chile's PTU 2022 results published?

April 11, 2022

Students who took the University Transition Test (Ex Psu) will know the results of their exams in order to start the 2022 University Admission Process and access Higher Education.

Spain education raises the requirements of the Celaá Law to obtain graduate and high school degrees in Andalusia

April 08, 2022

The draft of the Ministry includes minimums such as having passed at least 60 percent of the core subjects of ESO. It will be possible to pass the baccalaureate with a suspended subject but the average between all the subjects must be equal to or greater than 5.

Germany - The number of students without a high school diploma is growing

April 08, 2022

They are still in the minority: students without university or technical college entrance qualifications. But their number has quadrupled since 2002.

Examinations at Norway universities, university colleges and vocational schools are to be completed

April 07, 2022

Measures and recommendations that focus on universities, university colleges and vocational schools must provide students with safe teaching, compulsory courses and examinations. This is why the Government is recommending more extensive use of digital teaching and teaching in smaller groups in line with infection control requirements.

Italy Maturity dates 2022: when the state exam takes place

April 06, 2022

Over 500,000 candidates will complete their schooling by the end of June. The oral exam will begin following the completion of the second maturity test 2022 . The committees will hear about five candidates a day and will be finished within the first two weeks of July.

2,179 Egyptian students in Ukraine file for transfer to Egyptian universities

April 05, 2022

A total of 2,179 Egyptian students enrolled in Ukrainian universities have filled out a government form to transfer to private and national Egyptian universities, Minister of Emigration Nabila Makram.

Kenya KCSE, KCPE Candidates in Areas Hit by Insecurity to Get Special Consideration During Marking

April 05, 2022

Education CS George Magoha has assured candidates studying in insecurity prone areas that KNEC would consider their plight when marking the national exams.

Michigan to end essay test and bar SAT scores from transcripts

April 04, 2022

The Michigan House voted to nix the essay portion of the SAT and remove standardized test scores from public school transcripts. Both bills passed the House 104-1 and now head to the Senate.

CSU officially drops SAT and ACT from admissions process in major move

April 04, 2022

Trustees of California State University, the largest four-year university system in the nation, agreed to permanently drop the SAT and ACT standardized tests in its admissions process, solidifying the state’s national role in eliminating the high-stakes exams because of equity concerns.

Taliban cancels education for girls beyond sixth grade, despite its pledge not to

April 01, 2022

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools to girls above sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community.

Nigeria, WAEC announces immediate release of withheld results of exonerated candidates

March 31, 2022

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the immediate release of withheld results of exonerated candidates in the 2020 and 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Kenya Education Cabinet urges private primary, secondary schools to invest in CBC classes

March 30, 2022

As the government continues to implement construction of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms in public secondary schools across the country, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has urged private secondary school owners to start investing in new classrooms to also accommodate Junior Secondary School students.

Egypt to apply new bifurcated system for high school students as of 2022

March 30, 2022

Egypt’s Education Minister Tarek Shawki said that a new bifurcated education system will be applied for high school students as of the next academic year, a step that aims to improve the pre-university stage of education.

Many European Universities Are Helping Ukrainian Students – Here’s How

March 29, 2022

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which caused about 780 fatalities for less than 30 days, about 3.1 million people were forced to flee their home country, leave their loved ones and give up jobs and studies to seek international protection in European countries.

Polish universities rally to support Ukrainian refugees

March 28, 2022

More than 2.5 million Ukrainians have left their country in the two weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February. Most of them, nearly 1.5 million, crossed into Poland, which has a 330 mile long common border with Ukraine and is a member of the European Union.

Kenya KCPE, KCSE exams to start smoothly despite strike threats by teachers

March 25, 2022

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha, has assured that the national exams set to start in about a week to come, will go on smoothly despite a strike threat by teachers over a salary dispute.

International students went to Ukraine to study. Now many worry they can't escape

March 25, 2022

As international students desperately seek an escape, many Ukrainians are trying to flee their homeland.

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