August 25, 2021
Myanmar Military Council is now requiring private school students to meet in-person as COVID cases climb. If students study online, they will not get the school attendance (AR) and will not be allowed to take any exams.
August 24, 2021
Queensland's curriculum authority is undertaking a "short, sharp" review of the new Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) in a bid to improve the system for senior students this year, after receiving feedback from schools during the rollout.
August 24, 2021
Egyptian and Emirati officials discussed collaborations to develop the content of the Digital School to provide a certified high-tech online education to reach students in disadvantaged communities across the world.
August 23, 2021
Brunei Examinations Department, Ministry of Education moves forward with their Brunei-Cambridge GCE ‘O’, ‘AS’, ‘A’ Levels and IGCSE Examination in Fall 2021. Exams will take place in October and November.
August 23, 2021
Myanmar’s education system has been in disarray since February’s military coup, with many students boycotting school. More than 90 percent haven’t enrolled for the new academic year that started June 1, and teacher attendance is less than 50 percent.
August 20, 2021
This year's graduates will not have to pass oral graduation exams in Czech and a foreign language. Graduates who work due to the covid-19 epidemic in hospitals or nursing homes will not even have to take state didactic tests. They will be able to choose them voluntarily. Due to the covid-19 epidemic, the uniform entrance exams for graduation courses will be postponed again this year.
August 20, 2021
The National Conference of Bar Examiners announced that July 2021 will be the last time it offers states an online bar exam option.
August 19, 2021
Albanian Center for Educational Services (QSHA) has published on its official website the decision to reduce the minimum point limit for each grade for the Mathematics exam in the State Matura. This is after multiple days of students protests and a warning from students of an escalation of protests.
August 19, 2021
Latest data shows some public schools are claiming barely any special provisions for HSC students – in stark contrast to private schools.
August 18, 2021
Schools will be given the power to change the date of the HSC trial exams this term in a bid to help principals manage the fallout of homeschooling this term. The 2021 language orals, performance, practical and written HSC exams are on track to go ahead as scheduled.
August 18, 2021
External assessments are held annually in Term 4. The 2021 external assessment timetable for General and General (Extension) subjects is now available.
August 17, 2021
Schools in South Africa will shut down due to rising Covid-19 cases, and they will resume after the winter holidays. School support programmes will continue for grades 11 and 12. Supplementary exams will also continue forward.
August 17, 2021
The organizing power Wallonia-Brussels Education took a position following the recommendation of Minister Désir. With the exception of the external exams and diploma years, the students of the official will not be subjected to any exam next June. Neither repechage session in early September.
August 17, 2021
Speaker of Egypt's parliament Hanafi Gibali that the government has decided to withdraw ten draft laws from parliament, including one that was aimed at changing the system of the country's high school certificate. The move came after a majority of deputies in the Senate and the House of Representatives rejected the law.
August 16, 2021
In Ecuador, since 2012, students have taken mandatory exams to apply for higher education. In 2016 they joined in one, Ser Bachelor.
August 14, 2021
Thailand’s Education Ministry is launching an online platform for public school students who are, once again, being forced to learn at home due to restrictions and limitations imposed by the government.
August 13, 2021
Portugal is working to implement the European Education Area, says minister. Tiago Brandão Rodrigues considers that the resolution will now "guide and support cooperation at EU level in education and training".
August 12, 2021
2,990 of the around 9,900 high school graduates in Hamburg were affected. After about half of the five-hour exam, it became clear that there were errors in the biology exam. In order to accommodate the students, the authorities said they had made it possible to extend working hours by 30 minutes while the exam was still taking place. Alternatively, it was offered to break off the exam and to write a new one later.
August 12, 2021
There will be a mixture of exams with supervision and digital exams in the autumn for Norway.
August 12, 2021
Going back on online exams comes against the backdrop of growing fears among students' parents of going through power outages during the exam.