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UK GCSE and A-level grade appeals increased almost five-fold in 2021

February 08, 2022

Most appeals challenged teachers’ judgment or the selection of pupils’ work used to determine the result.

Undergraduate Certificates in Australia to continue as a higher education qualification

February 07, 2022

Undergraduate Certificates will continue to be available under the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) for at least the next three and a half years.

WAEC Liberia Withholds 32 Percent of the 2021 Examination Results Due to Examination Malpractice

February 07, 2022

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) Liberia Office has released its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAESSCE) result, withholding more than 30 percent of examination results based on malpractice and collusion.

Nearly 50,000 Quebec students, more than 2,000 teachers absent due to COVID-19

February 04, 2022

Nearly 50,000 students were absent from Quebec schools due to COVID-19 less than two weeks after in-person classes resumed.

Morocco’s Ministry of Education Cancels Unified Continuous Assessment

February 03, 2022

The decision introduced a unified test each semester for each education level, with the exception of the second semester of the final year of each educational cycle.

Australia TEQSA successful in Federal Court action to block access to cheating website

February 02, 2022

TEQSA lodged the application in July 2021, seeking an injunction requiring 51 carriage service providers to take such steps as the Court considers reasonable to disable access to the website.

Millions of Venezuelan students return to school after COVID-19 closures

February 01, 2022

Venezuela reopened public schools and universities which serve more than 11 million students, after a long closure amid the coronavirus pandemic, though some schools remained closed for repairs or because of lack of staff.

Italy's Maturity takes shape as writing returns but only in Italian

February 01, 2022

Education Barbara Floridia states the exam will be different from last year and that if the pandemic allows, they will try to go back to a traditional exam.

Quebec education minister to reintroduce provincial exams in 2021-2022 school year

January 31, 2022

Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge will reintroduce mandatory ministerial exams in 2021-22 and change the way they are weighted. The 2021-2022 school year will be divided into two terms, with the following weighting: 40 per cent for the first term (August 2021 to January 2022) and 60 per cent for the second (February 2022 to June 2022).

Tawjihi students sit for exams in Jordan

January 31, 2022

Approximately 207,000 students had signed up to take part in the Tawjihi exams for the summer session of 2021, according to the Ministry of Education. Education Ministry announces Tawjihi results last August.

Rwanda Students To Return To School

January 28, 2022

The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released a nationwide ‘back to school’ transport schedule for boarding students.

Peru Minedu will work with decentralized National Curriculum regions

January 27, 2022

The head of Education indicated that the new National Curriculum will be oriented towards problem solving with a STEAM approach (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) and that Minedu is preparing a set of measures to start the evaluation of this document taking taking into account the sociocultural characteristics of each territory.

Morocco Announces Exam Schedule for National, Regional Baccalaureate

January 26, 2022

Morocco’s ministry of education announced the extension of the 2021-2022 school year by a month, and Moroccan schools officially opened last October. Schools will follow the government calendar to carry on upcoming exams, scheduled for July 2022.

US community colleges continue major enrollment decline

January 25, 2022

Large numbers of students left school during the pandemic and never came back.

Cyberattack delaying Portuguese language certificates for Portugal students

January 25, 2022

Thousands of Portugal students have been left waiting for results of Portuguese language tests following a cyberattack.

More than 235 thousand people took Chile's Transition Test

January 24, 2022

Undersecretary of Higher Education addressed the results of the surrender of the PDT, which was again applied in the context of the pandemic and why the test was carried out in two groups and under sanitary protocols.

Growing ‘maze’ of education credentials is confusing US consumers, employers

January 21, 2022

As more jobs require postsecondary training, more providers jump in to offer it — including fakes and scammers.

Ethiopia's secondary schools close to dispatch students to help with harvesting

January 20, 2022

The Ministry of Education of Ethiopia announced its decision to close all secondary schools so students can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the war. The ministry defended its decision citing the need for the education sector to contribute to the success of the ongoing national campaign.

More than 1.2 million students out of school due to ongoing war in Ethiopia

January 20, 2022

State Minister of Education Dr. Samuel Kifle said more than 1.2 million students were out of school due to the ongoing war in northern Ethiopia. The State Minister also said that it is necessary to reverse the war in a short period of time and focus on the next education system.

The changes to 2022 GCSE and A-level exams, explained

January 19, 2022

Exam regulator Ofqual has announced its plans to make a series of changes to next year’s tests to account for classroom disruption.

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