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Egyptian university students will be denied access to first term exams next month unless they can show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test.

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Jan 18, 2022

Portugal national exams keep questions optional this school year

Similar to what happened in the last two years because of the pandemic, the set of optional questions will remain in this school year's national exams in Portugal.

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Jan 17, 2022

Record Wave of U.S. Omicron School Closures Is Set to Abate

U.S. school closures reached a record high for the academic year last week as omicron-fueled coronavirus cases caused staff shortages and disrupted classes, but the shutdowns are about to ease as more schools are set to reopen in-person.

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Jan 14, 2022

Schools gradually reopen in Iran amid declining Covid cases

Schools in Iran are due to reopen for students in years 10, 11 and 12 as academic institutions across the country continue to gradually return to in-person studies this academic year due to a decline in Covid-19 infection rates.

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Jan 13, 2022

Egypt's 2021 Education overhaul

The Ministry of Education continued its efforts to modernise the Egyptian education system by introducing new techniques in teaching and examining K-12 students.

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Jan 13, 2022

Haiti Earthquake's Latest Victim May Be The New School Year

Authorities in Haiti have postponed the start of school across the country after last month's 7.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed schools and homes across Haiti's southern peninsula. It is the latest unwanted disruption to education in Haiti, where instruction has been interrupted repeatedly over the last two years due both to COVID-19 and the gang violence and kidnappings that have terrorized much of the country.

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Jan 12, 2022

Portugal government updated school calendar, affected by measures to combat the pandemic

The Government confirmed through an order in Diário da República the school calendar announced by António Costa. The prime minister, when informing the country that new restrictions would be imposed to contain the advance of covid-19.

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Jan 12, 2022

There is no longer a limit of failures to pass the course or graduate in Spain's ESO

The evaluation decree approved turns repetition into something exceptional and liquidates recoveries in compulsory education.

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Jan 11, 2022

Buenos Aires government announced a key change in secondary education

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and the Buenos Aires government provided details of the educational practices program in the workplace that will govern from 2022 in all secondary schools in the City of Buenos Aires.

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Jan 10, 2022

Egypt’s 2021 Thanaweyya Amma exams concluded amid irregular conditions

About 392,863 students in the scientific and mathematical steams took their final Thanaweya Amma (school leaving) exam, amid unusual conditions due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Thanaweyya Amma graduation rate records 74% for academic year 2020-2021.

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Jan 4, 2022

A-Level results: Grades hit record high after exams cancelled for second year in a row

The proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or higher has surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19.

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