March 19, 2021
That sentiment was shared by almost 70,000 students, hundreds of principals and thousands of teachers as the written HSC exam period formally concluded following a difficult and testing final year.
March 18, 2021
The Ministry of Education announced the exam schedule for UAE public schools. Exams will be held in-person and will include Mathematics, Physics, Science, English, Arabic language, Social Studies, Islamic Religious Education and others.
March 18, 2021
Principals of UK-curriculum schools in Dubai had earlier anticipated that these exams would likely be reviewed or cancelled as they awaited official instructions from the exam regulator.
March 17, 2021
CBSE Board exam will begin from May 4 and conclude till June 10. Results will be declared by July 15. Practical exams will begin from March 1, the minister said.
March 17, 2021
Manitoba Education said it is still committed to getting students learning in the classroom, but because of the pandemic, many students will continue with the blended-learning model that could transition to full-time remote learning for some schools.
March 16, 2021
Confusion of addresses in the exam application left students lost and many ended up missing the exam.
March 16, 2021
The National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep) rejected the request for postponement of the exams of the National High School Examination (Enem). The agency informs that it will adopt a series of measures to increase the safety of students during the face-to-face tests.
March 16, 2021
Alberta schools will resume in-person learning as planned, as other COVID-19 restrictions extended. Current provincial restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus will remain in place for at least two more weeks.
March 16, 2021
After strengthening preventive measures against COVID-19, nearly 500,000 students in South Korea will sit for the country's marathon university admission examinations, the CSAT.
March 16, 2021
Students already registered for subject tests will be automatically refunded, the organization said. Those registered for the SAT essay will still be able to take the test through June 2021.
March 16, 2021
France Ministry of Education announced the cancellation of the final specialty teaching exams in March. These tests, which were initially scheduled for March 15, will be replaced by continuous testing. The final exams of Philosophy and French for the month of June are maintained according to the initial schedule.
March 16, 2021
The Quebec Ministry of High Education announced research, lab work and other in-class activities that are deemed essential will be allowed during the winter semester.
March 16, 2021
Colleges in Wales said some students taking vocational courses, such as BTECs, are facing delays in qualifying. It is also unfair for other vocational students to sit exams next year, despite A-Level and GSCE exams being cancelled in Wales for 2021.
March 15, 2021
The Ministry of Education recently unveiled draft versions of new standards students will have to pass in order to get any NCEA qualification from 2023. Several classics teachers say they are disappointed by an announcement to drop the subject from NCEA Level 1, and cut Latin from NCEA entirely.
March 15, 2021
The University of the Philippines (UP) cancels the conduct of the UP College Admissions Test (UPCAT), one the toughest college entrance exams taken by hundreds of thousands of applicants annually. The country’s premier state university will evaluate applicants based on their high school records.
March 13, 2021
MIFI declared that it was in the public interest to suspend, until April 1, 2021, the receipt and processing of applications for temporary selection for studies submitted by international students admitted to or enrolled in one of the 10 educational institutions currently being audited by the Ministry of Higher Education.
March 13, 2021
The Quebec government announced that the end-of-year provincial exams for Grades 10 and 11 are cancelled. CEGEPs will rely on marks given by teachers to evaluate students. Schools will put more emphasis on marks garnered during the second semester.
March 11, 2021
The Government of Ireland has reversed their plan to send students back to school for three days a week as part of a new lockdown measures to combat Covid-19. Final year students will now engage in remote learning for five days a week until the end of January.
March 11, 2021
A worrying drop in the proportion of Leaving Certificate candidates studying a foreign language has emerged in new Education Department figures.
March 11, 2021
The 2021 session of the general and technological baccalaureate, a certificate of competence in modern foreign and regional languages will be issued to candidates at the end of the terminal cycle at the same time as the diploma.