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Essay-based admissions tests for South Korea’s 2027 early admissions cycle began in earnest on the 3rd at the University of Seoul, Sungshin Women’s University and Hongik University. Admissions consultants advise applicants to keep preparing thoroughly for the College Scholastic Ability Test even after the essay exams, because many universities require minimum scores on the national…

Fernando Alexandre states that in the exam grading process, “Fenprof did everything to make it go wrong.” The Secretary-General says the Minister “is lost.”

Schools will be limited to a maximum of one take-home assessment task worth no more than 15 per cent of the school-based assessment mark – or 7.5 per cent of the total HSC mark – as part of reform by the Minns Labor Government to protect student learning.

Students at the National Open and Distance University (UNAD) registered for the Saber Pro and Saber TyT exams for the second semester of 2026 will have to take the exam on October 18. The exam, initially scheduled for September 6, was rescheduled by the ICFES (Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education) due to the…

The Ministry of Education announced on the 18th that the 2029 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), which will be taken by first-year high school students, will be implemented on November 16, 2028.

Exams: Parliament approves inquiry commission proposed by the Left Bloc with support from Chega and PS. The committee will examine “decisions, contracts and responsibilities” in the digital grading of exams and the “effects of the organic reorganization of the Ministry of Education” on this process.

Vocational education is coming back into the classroom. The government has announced a new generation of vocational GCSEs, allowing teenagers in England to study subjects such as building and construction, digital technology, creative media production, child development and business and finance alongside the traditional academic curriculum. The qualifications, which could be available in some subjects…

More than 500,000 people will be able to check the results of the exam taken on July 26.

National Education Commission seeks public input on essay-type CSAT questions, excludes absolute evaluation conversion

More than 15% of test-takers reached the top grade in English on the September mock exam, after complaints that the subject was punishingly difficult on both last year’s college entrance exam and the June mock test. With the actual exam about a month and a half away, the sharp drop in difficulty raises the question…