July 30, 2021
Oral exams are canceled all over the country, due to a several thousand students and several hundred teachers in quarantine. Many have pointed out that the infection situation has led to many students missing out on education programs, which in turn could lead to an unfair situation for many.
July 30, 2021
The Ministry of National Education unveiled the official exam calendar for the three school cycles for the year 2020/2021.
July 30, 2021
Secondary school graduates will not take their final exam, known as “maturita” in Slovak, this year. The decision was adopted due to the current developments with the Covid-19 pandemic. The final exam should reflect their four-year work, the Education Ministry suggested.
July 30, 2021
The return to school of year eight and matriculation (matura) exam students is possible for students in Poland. Matura exams began in May with professional examinations and examinations to confirm professional qualifications will be held in June and July.
July 28, 2021
The Assembly of the Republic approved the carrying out of national exams to improve the internal classification in secondary education, a possibility that was not foreseen in the scope of the exceptional measures due to the pandemic.
July 28, 2021
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is scheduled to organise the high school graduation exam in two phases if the COVID-19 epidemic develops in a complicated manner, in which the first phase will take place on July 7-8 as planned while the second phase will be held for F0, F1, F2 candidates in isolated areas.
July 28, 2021
Grade 12 exams, known as Thanaweya Amma, will be held electronically, but there will also be a printed question paper available for students in order to avoid sudden technical problems that might arise, such as power cuts or problems that could appear on the exam’s platform.
July 27, 2021
Education Minister Ziya Selçuk announced that schools will reopen. On June 7, in-person education was also started in all secondary and high schools two days a week. The semester will end on June 21, but “remedial education” will continue until July 2, despite widespread opposition among educators.
July 26, 2021
Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that students who choose to defer their upcoming Cambridge examination of May/June - due to the rise in pandemic - could switch to October/November cycle with the same fee paid earlier.
July 26, 2021
The federal government decided to conduct the board examinations across the country after June 20 “at all costs” with strict implementation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
July 23, 2021
More than 400,000 students will be invited to receive their Covid-19 jabs, with priority given to secondary and pre-university students in graduating cohorts, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced.
July 23, 2021
The Chamber of Deputies will probably not ask the government to enact the possibility of official school-leaving examinations for this year. Ex-minister of education Kateřina Valachová (ČSSD) rejected a proposal to deal with graduation examinations again. Valachová justified this by the fact that the Minister of Education Robert Plaga refused to comply with the wishes of the lower house to allow official school-leaving examinations by ministerial decree.
July 22, 2021
Fears about the reliability of distance tests and the impact on access to higher education “freeze” classifications, waiting for a return to face-to-face education. Ministry says that schools that did so violated the rights of students by going against the legislation on the school curriculum.
July 21, 2021
The move will allow Egyptian students to study verses from the Jewish religion for the first time in the country's history.
July 21, 2021
Albania moves forward with their Matura exams - the first compulsory exam will focus on foreign language during high school studies (English, Italian, German, Spanish, French). The second exam will focus on Albanian Language and Literature, while the third exam will be Math.
July 20, 2021
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood announced exams of 9, 10, 11 and 12 which were supposed to begin from late May have been postponed, adding that no board exams will be held till mid-June. O and A level exams will now be held in October and November cycle. However, the students, who want to take A2 exams, will be facilitated.
July 20, 2021
Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood expressing discontent on the matter, he added that at least five million students had been promoted without exams last year and if Pakistan continue promoting without taking exams, children will stop continuing to study. Grades will not be awarded to anyone without appearing in the exams, he clarified.
July 19, 2021
Portugal Minister of Education revealed that the first phase of the exams will be in July and the second in September, thus postponing the beginning of each phase for one month. The physical education and artistic expressions tests were canceled and other exams will also be postponed.
July 19, 2021
In addition, unsuccessful graduates will be given the opportunity to correct their didactic tests in July and correct their practical exam by the end of the summer. The ministry will increase the number of corrective attempts from the usual two to three. If the graduates do not take the tests for the first time at the end of May, they will be able to repair them by July 7-9.
July 17, 2021
With a 48% increase in technical and vocational education enrollment, Education Minister says vocational education should be emphasised as a priority.