March 31, 2021
In Guinea, National Autonomous Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research (SNAESURS) calls all workers on higher education institutions in the country to observe a four-day strike.
March 31, 2021
Following the surge in COVID-19 cases in Anambra State of Nigeria, the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano has postponed the reopening of schools in the state by two weeks. He said the decisions had become necessary following the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that was “sweeping across the world”.
March 31, 2021
Faced with a rapid resurgence of COVID-19 overwhelming the country’s hospitals and driven by a more infectious variant of the virus, South Africa has delayed reopening its schools.
March 30, 2021
The Quebec government chose to reopen elementary schools on Jan. 11 and secondary schools Jan. 18, despite the fact that the number of active cases in Quebec and an imposed curfew. Studies have shown that in-person school has been driving Montreal Covid-19 infection rates.
March 30, 2021
Rich, poor; young, old(er); Arab, Jew: Students of all stripes across the Middle East have experienced a school year like no other. For almost a year, their learning has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus with on-again, off-again in-person classes and lessons on Zoom.
March 30, 2021
Cambodia has started reopening schools as it relaxes a six-week lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak late last year, marking a contrast with some neighbouring countries that are facing new restrictions due to rising COVID-19 cases.
March 29, 2021
Jordan schools will adopt a hybrid learning model of distance learning in early 2021. This comes after the Education Minister expresses his pride in Jordan's distance education. No plans for the second semester of 2020-2021 year has been made yet.
March 29, 2021
Spain passes through the Senate of the Organic Law of Modification of the LOE (Lomloe), better known as the Celaá law, which replaces the Wert law. This is the 8th education reform change for Spain in the past four decades, Minister of Education Celaá noting that Spain will get to move towards "freedom of education."
March 26, 2021
The commissioner said the adjustment in the resumption date for academic activities in the state was due to the COVID-19 pandemic being monitored by government at the national and local levels, and to guarantee the safety of school managers, teachers and learners.
March 26, 2021
The Ministry of Education declared that schools must return to face-to-face activities in educational institutions, despite increased cases of Covid-19 in the country. Many are at odds with the government as the government wants schools to have face-to-face, but ends up leaving a gap in the guidelines for states and municipalities.
March 25, 2021
A government task force investigating the development of this year’s history exams for secondary school students has concluded a Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) officer did not do his job properly.
March 24, 2021
In Australia, the number of students taking senior school math has flatlined over the past 10 years, suggesting that mathematics participation is no longer necessary. The stagnant interest in HSC maths comes in spite of the NSW government's maths strategy which aims to increase the number of students studying mathematics in their final years of school.
March 24, 2021
The calendar indicates that on January 4, administrative activities and the adaptation of educational centers will resume. Classes will begin on February 15, while on February 21 the school year will be organized and planned in all educational establishments.
March 23, 2021
Out-of-the-box ideas and strategies will become the new norm as local authorities decided to extend e-learning for three more weeks as a precautionary measure against the spread of Covid-19 as cases continue arise in the country.
March 23, 2021
Schools will also close until 18 January of 2021 as new coronavirus infections near 10,000 for the country.
March 23, 2021
University lecturers are unclear with what can legally be said in a classroom and whether student activism is a thing of the past. Citing vague language and sweeping nature of the security law gives little guidance to those on how to stay on the right side.
March 22, 2021
Secondary school students to repeat exams up to three times to improve their grades, says Egypt's Education Minister. This new system will be applied starting from the next academic year on the student who will join the secondary school’s first-grade and will enable students to enroll at the university of their choice.
March 22, 2021
The Cuban Ministry of Education “implemented strategies to maintain teaching, such as telelessons, which guaranteed the development of the teaching-educational process.” The deputy minister also reports that Cuba is working on a proposal for the transformation of educational institutions and modalities for the 2020-2021 school year.
March 19, 2021
All secondary schools and further education colleges in Wales will move classes online, the education minister has announced. This comes as Covid-19 infection rates across Wales is averaging more than 370 cases for 100,000 people, with 17% of tests coming back positive.
March 19, 2021
The cabinet ordered remaining classes in the first semester of the current academic take place only through an online system.