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Macedonia

Updated 04.16.2021
Multiple Credentials Across All Levels

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Nigeria

Updated 04.07.2021
Postgraduate Diploma

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Ghana

Updated 04.01.2021
Updated Resources

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Ethiopia

Updated 03.12.2021
Bachelor's Degree

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Mongolia

Updated 03.01.2021
Buren Dund Bolovsrolun Unemlekh (Certificate of Complete Secondary Education)

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Nepal

Updated 02.23.2021
Multiple Nursing Credentials

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Spain

Updated 01.20.2021
Título de Técnico Superior

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Thailand

Updated 01.19.2021
Secondary and Post-Secondary Grading Scales

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Korea (Republic of South Korea)

Updated 01.19.2021
Bachelor of Pharm. Science

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Korea (Republic of South Korea)

Updated 12.30.2020
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

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Nepal

Updated 12.29.2020
Bachelor of Dental Surgery

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Emergent News

Apr 19, 2021

Education creates virtual attention teams for students in each province

Spain's education committee has established virtual care teams (AVA) in each province , which will assist students who follow their training from home when teachers from their own center cannot take over.

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Apr 16, 2021

MINED performs extraordinary ADVANCED test to students of flexible modality and deprived of liberty

The new AVANZO test, replacing the Learning and Aptitudes Test for High School Graduates (PAES), has been administered for nearly six thousand students.

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Apr 16, 2021

MINED suspends the start of face-to-face classes

El Salvador MINED announced that all public schools, private schools, and universities will suspend face-to-face classes in 2021 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The start of classes is still scheduled for February.

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Apr 15, 2021

Kenya schools reopened, after 10 months of closure due to Covid-19

In Kenya, life has almost returned to normal since schools finally reopened. A closure that lasted nearly 10 months to stem the spread of Covid-19. Today, thousands of school children are dropping out of school. The consequences of this long closure will be felt over several years.

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Apr 15, 2021

Karnataka SSLC and PUC Exams 2021 Postponed until May and June

Karnataka State Primary and Secondary Education Minister has confirmed that the SSLC Exam 2021 for Class 10 and PUC Exam 2021 for Class 12 students have been postponed and will not be held in March. This year, Karnataka SSLC 2021 would be conducted in first week of June while Karnataka PUC would be conducted in May 2021.

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Apr 15, 2021

College Board Changes AP Exams Again to Accommodate Pandemic-Era Testing

The College Board announced a new schedule for Advanced Placement (AP) exams for the school year. The school will administer the tests both in-person on paper and at home online over a three-week period in May.

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Apr 14, 2021

Ghana Tertiary Education Commission replaces NCTE, NAB

The National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and the National Accreditation Board (NAB) have been merged under the new Education Regulatory Bodies Act 2020 (Act 1023).

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Apr 14, 2021

Covid-19 and protests hinders Thailand's education

2021 is a challenging year for the Education Ministry to provide quality teaching and solve issues concerning the system.

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Apr 14, 2021

Reformed approach key to Turkish students’ rising success in math, science

Turkey significantly climbed in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), citing the improvement was due to a series of changing strategies of education in Turkey, from the promotion of critical thinking and innovation to changes in the approaches based on mathematics and digital efficiencies.

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Apr 14, 2021

2021 WASSCE to be written in Sept/Oct, BECE in Nov

The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has begun discussions with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for the 2021 West African Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to be rescheduled for September/October.

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Apr 13, 2021

Education unions in Chiapas and Campeche refuse to return to face-to-face classes

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested reopening classrooms in entities with a low level of contagion of COVID-19

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