September 28, 2020
Egypt's Education Minister Tarek Shawki announced that the decades-old Thanaweya Amma exam system has been removed at the end of the 2019/2020 academic year. The exam will no longer be unified, will have have four versions, and will be taken electronically.
September 28, 2020
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) denies leakage of its Mathematics paper, this comes as students begin to sit for exams. The WAEC examinations are four months behind schedule due largely to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country.
September 28, 2020
The college admission test was supposed to be given, but many testing centers were closed. This was supposed to be the first test administration since the ACT vowed to improve in light of what happened in July 2020 test administration.
September 28, 2020
Nigeria Federal Ministry of Education announces that the NABTEB is fixed and will conduct their examinations between September 21 and October 15. The NCEE for JSS 3 Students’ admission to Technical Colleges had been brought forward from to September 5, from its previous date of October 3.
September 28, 2020
Lagos government releases plans for the 2020-2021 academic year
September 26, 2020
Over 82,000 students had to take their entrance exams in an open-air stadium due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the tests will be announced on Monday, September 21.
September 25, 2020
Ministry of Education and Technical Education announces that the ministry is looking for solutions to the crisis regarding the 2020 SAT exams. College Board, which administers the SAT tests, cancelled planned tests on 29 August in Egypt until June 2021.
September 24, 2020
Bahamas Minister of Education announced that new school year will begin October 5, moving from the previously scheduled opening date of September 21. This is due to the substantial increase in infection rate of the novel coronavirus.
September 24, 2020
Over 90 percent of secondary school candidates in Benadir, the metropolitan region that includes Mogadishu, failed the national exam. Questioned over the mass failure in Mogadishu, Education Minister Goddah Barre blamed students and teachers.
September 24, 2020
Basic Education minister of South Africa announced that students will not be compromised by late release of Grade 12 results in 2021. Universities are expected to start their 2021 academic year in March or April next year.
September 23, 2020
The Ministry of Education announced that an estimated 480,000 students will still take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) on December 3, regardless of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students with Covid-19 will still be able to take the exam, either at a hospital, in case they are in serious condition, or a government-run treatment facility, in case they have mild symptoms.
September 22, 2020
The International Baccalaureate has unveiled a series of changes to their exams for its Diploma and Career-related programmes in 2020 and 2021.
September 21, 2020
The waiver for MCAT Exam gains support as a professional society of 163,000 physicians, trainees, and fellows of internal medicine in the United States ask medical schools to waive the entrance exam due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 21, 2020
Canada's largest school board attempts to centralize the virtual instruction of their Ontario curriculum. A model called centralized online education promises to be more effective than what was hastily prepared in the spring, but some are concerned of this new implementation.
September 19, 2020
Government of British Columbia announces delay in originally planned school start date for more gradual return. British Columbia’s plan includes new health and safety measures, increased funding for protective equipment like masks and new learning groups to help keep everyone safe.
September 18, 2020
Education Ministry and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) announced that four national examinations in Singapore will go on as scheduled, but with special arrangements made to ensure that students and invigilators remain safe from the Covid-19 virus.
September 18, 2020
Graduating medical school students are required to take part one of the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam (MCCQE) at some point during their first year of residency. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students will now have to take the exam online which has resulted in several difficulties.
September 17, 2020
International Baccalaureate cancels May 2020 DP examinations and the MYP eAssessment, to ensure that IB students are not disadvantaged as they progress to their next phase of education.
September 17, 2020
Ontario’s released a new full math curriculum for Grades 1-8 in the summer and teachers will use it in classrooms starting in September 2020. However, teachers decry 'unrealistic' math curriculum rollout during pandemic, saying they've had little guidance on material they're expected to teach in just a few weeks.
September 16, 2020
Minister of Education Foley announced that Calculated Grades will be issued to students directly, in addition to issuing simultaneously to students' schools. This change comes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and making sure students and staff stay safe.