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A huge onslaught on CZ secondary schools. The number of applicants significantly exceeded expectations

August 09, 2024

This year, for the first time, applicants to secondary schools applied via the DiPSy electronic system. Confusion with paper applications gave way to other worries. Schools cannot send out invitations en masse, so their management spent many hours sending them. In addition, the number of applicants is enormous, exceeding expectations by 15,000.

UK private school exodus expected on higher VAT, but experts say Hong Kong families unfazed

August 08, 2024

Consultants add the VAT roll-out is likely to be charged in phases and schools may not pass on all the tax burden to parents

International Baccalaureate body vows to review time zone arrangements after leak

August 07, 2024

But it refuses to say how many candidates penalised after it confirms small number of students may have engaged in time zone cheating

2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) just 100 days away

August 06, 2024

With the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) just 100 days away, entrance exam experts advised to "identify the weight of each area and focus on the main area." The upcoming 6th is 100 days before the College Scholastic Ability Test, and this year's College Scholastic Ability Test will be held on November 14.

Portugal National exams: what changes this year and the most important dates

August 06, 2024

The national secondary school exams are back and there are over 156,000 registered. The most popular subject is Portuguese, with 44,000 students ready to take them. In this guide, we have gathered the dates to be set for this new season. And a series of questions (and answers) about what is different this year, how the averages are calculated and what is needed to request a grade review.

Common to continue studying regardless of upper secondary school grades

August 02, 2024

The proportion who continue their studies in post-secondary education increases with rising upper secondary school grades. This applies to both those who studied university preparatory programs and vocational programs and regardless of gender.

Senate approves PL that seeks a new reform of secondary education

August 01, 2024

The Senate Education and Culture Committee approved, in a symbolic vote, the favorable opinion of rapporteur Dorinha Seabra (União-TO) to the bill that provides for a new reform of secondary education.

The Directorate of Education is speeding up several exam

July 31, 2024

The Directorate of Education is following the message from the Minister of Knowledge and moving several exams to before May next year.

This is what the new Spain university entrance exam will look like starting in June 2025

July 30, 2024

The Government approved the royal decree that will now regulate the University Entrance Examination (PAU), a new model that specifies the basic characteristics of the tests, regulates common parameters for evaluation and objective criteria for correction and grading.

2024 Maturity, for one in two students the second test was out of reach

July 29, 2024

For about half of the final year students, the second test was decidedly out of reach : more difficult than expected and, for many, involving topics they had never covered at school.

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