June 18, 2021
Thailand Education Ministry postponed the new school year to allow more time for teachers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as cases continue to climb in Thailand.
June 18, 2021
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected this the appeal filed the day before by angry student groups who requested the cancellation of their writings in favor of continuous monitoring . The 185,000 students who apply for the higher technician's certificate (BTS) will therefore have to validate their diploma by visiting their examination centers.
June 17, 2021
Students taking A-level and GCSE exams next year could see their assessments adapted to compensate for learning loss, the acting chief regulator of Ofqual has suggested.
June 16, 2021
The school-leaving examination will continue to be divided into two parts in the 2020/21 school year. The first part of the exam is common and includes a test in Czech language and literature and an optional test in mathematics or a foreign language. The second part of the school-leaving examination is the so-called profile - the school creates it itself according to the study programs.
June 16, 2021
Ministry of Education to launch support programme to prepare students to return to schools for in-class lessons.
June 15, 2021
The Ministry of Education (MOE) will be offering Higher Malay Language (HML) and Higher Tamil Language (HTL) to Primary 3 (P3) and Primary 4 (P4) students from 2022 and 2023 respectively. This will allow more students to deepen their knowledge and appreciation for these languages and their cultures from an early age.
June 15, 2021
Principals and teachers can be held responsible if they ignore or fail to stop violations of the national security law by their pupils, Hong Kong’s education minister has said in explaining controversial new guidelines for schools covering the Beijing-imposed legislation.
June 14, 2021
Education Bureau had advised teachers, students not to travel in December because of pandemic. Currently, there are 14 teachers, head of Harrow International School unable to return after spending year-end holidays in Britain.
June 11, 2021
Plans for teachers to decide GCSE and A-level grades following the cancellation of this year's exams risk being inconsistent and penalising poorer pupils, MPs warned. This comes as last summer, thousands of students had their results downgraded from school estimates by a controversial algorithm, before the exam regulator Ofqual announced a U-turn which allowed them to use teachers' predictions instead.
June 11, 2021
The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) has cancelled national tests for the 2021 spring term due to coronavirus-related disruptions to education.
June 10, 2021
The Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC), Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) examinations which were scheduled to commence on June 15, were pushed back to Thursday, June 28.
June 10, 2021
The BTS exam certifies a very professional and specialized training over two years. The BTS exam consists of written and oral tests, very diverse according to the specialties chosen by the students.
June 10, 2021
All exams organized by higher education establishments must be carried out remotely or be postponed, specifies the Ministry of Higher Education. The entrance exams to the grandes écoles remain in place.
June 09, 2021
Thirteen people have been arrested in Nyamira County over allegations of cheating in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. Six private candidates undertaking exam in Nyamira South were nabbed while preparing for the tests after they were found with suspicious materials in the examination center.
June 08, 2021
The Verkhovna Rada exempted 11 grade students who are finishing school this year from the mandatory state final attestation (GIA) . It can be passed at will, and VNO 2021 will have to be passed only by those graduates who plan to enter the university.
June 08, 2021
High school students from the 16 confined departments now have all classes in half-gauges. Some fear that this year of health crisis will be one of inequalities for candidates for the bac.
June 07, 2021
NS Education and Early Childhood Development announced that secondary schools will end a week early this year. This means final exams will now begin the week of June 14, not June 21 as originally planned. The last day of school for secondary students will be June 11.
June 04, 2021
Far more students than ever applied this year to the most selective colleges and universities. But what seems clear is that the test-optional movement has opened doors for many students from traditionally underrepresented groups.
June 03, 2021
The Department of Education says the adjustment was made to 'address learning gaps' and to give teachers time to prepare the learning materials for distance learning
June 03, 2021
Ministry of Education also clarifies that access to higher education will maintain the rules of last year, that is, students will only take the exams they need to enter university.