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Jordan schools continue distance learning, no in-person return date set

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.

The Senate leaves the ‘Celaá law’ intact, ready to enter into force

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."

Why Niger Postponed Basic, Secondary Schools Resumption to January 25

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.

Minister of Education ignores increase in cases of Covid-19 and defends return of face-to-face classes

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.

Education Bureau finds ‘inadequacies’ in development of history exams for Hong Kong secondary school students

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.

HSC maths enrollments flatline over the decade

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.

Guatemala Ministry of Education issues the 2021 School Calendar for the public sector

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.

How UAE schools plan to roll out exams this term as blended learning continues

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.

Netherlands to go into strict lockdown for at least five weeks, with schools closed

March 23, 2021

Schools will also close until 18 January of 2021 as new coronavirus infections near 10,000 for the country.

As Hong Kong's academic year begins, it's unclear what can legally be said in a classroom

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.

Secondary school students can repeat exams 3 times to improve grades

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.

Cuba's school year concludes without transmission of COVID-19 in classrooms

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.

Secondary schools 'move online' in Wales

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.

Egypt cancels in-class education, postpones first-term exams amid coronavirus concerns

March 19, 2021

The cabinet ordered remaining classes in the first semester of the current academic take place only through an online system.

70,000 students put a difficult year behind them as HSC ends

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.

Exam schedule for UAE public schools announced

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.

UAE schools: IGCSE, A-level exams officially cancelled

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.

CBSE Board Exams 2021 Schedule

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.

June provincial exams suspended for Grade 12 students in Manitoba

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.

Enem 2020: students crowd and complain about lack of organization on the first day of tests

March 16, 2021

Confusion of addresses in the exam application left students lost and many ended up missing the exam.

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