October 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence including ChatGPT will be allowed in all Australian schools from 2024 after education ministers formally backed a national framework guiding the use of the new technology.
October 09, 2023
The Australian government has closed a loophole in the student visa system that was allowing some international students to switch from “genuine study to an arrangement designed to facilitate access to work in Australia”.
October 06, 2023
Sixth forms have said they will lower GCSE admission requirements for those hit by pre-Covid grading. Pupils expecting their GCSE results will be marked under 2019 grading standards as exam boards return to pre-pandemic levels.
October 05, 2023
Technicians, teachers and students from the 13 Special Education Departments (GEEs) receive this training and will have activities until the day of the exams.
October 04, 2023
Less than a fifth of vocational education students who completed secondary education (18%) continued their studies in higher education. The proportion reaches 80% in the case of colleagues on scientific-humanistic courses. The Government wants more professional students to enter universities and polytechnics.
October 03, 2023
Twenty-four high school teachers have been caught selling exam questions to private academies before or after serving as test makers for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) and mock CSAT exams in violation of the current laws, the education ministry said.
October 02, 2023
With increased focus to meet the demand for skilled workforce globally, Secretary MSDE highlighted that the assessment cost is one of the key areas which needs to be addressed by Australia and fast-track the process of citizenship for these health sector workers in Australia.
September 29, 2023
Universities will release more than 12,000 early first-round offers to HSC students this week after a crackdown on admissions stopped institutions handing out places before trial exams.
September 28, 2023
Year 11 students who take national exams at the end of this academic year will follow the new model for completing secondary school and accessing higher education. The changes were published this Friday in Diário da República and come into force.
September 26, 2023
The exams were not held in many 1st and 2nd Lyceum schools, while there were long delays in the 3rd Lyceum.
September 25, 2023
Serious cheating offences in HSC exams have doubled in the past five years, with a record 65 students forced to front the Examination Rules Committee last year.
September 22, 2023
The Government approved a new model that requires the counting of two national exams for the average entry to higher education, and which will come into force from 2025.
September 21, 2023
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations of 2024 will be held under shortened syllabus. However, in 2024, the secondary school certificate (SSC) and equivalent exams will be held under full syllabus.
September 20, 2023
In a couple of years, there will be a requirement for the national tests to be done completely digitally. Already in a year, the new way of working will begin to be introduced and Tranås municipality is preparing.
September 19, 2023
Options offered to teens in Years 11 and 12 will go under the microscope in a sweeping review of WA secondary school pathways amid concerns about fewer students tackling harder subjects.
September 19, 2023
Plans to catch WA school students who use artificial intelligence to cheat in high-stakes online writing exams have been revealed in tender documents.
September 18, 2023
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has commenced marking its 2023 school-based senior secondary certificate examination(SSCE) scripts.
September 15, 2023
The government is set to make the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) easier by excluding questions at the highest level of difficulty from the state-administered college entrance exam, starting with September's mock test, to tackle the country's dependence on private education.
September 14, 2023
In the 1st phase of national exams, in more than three quarters of the tests that were the subject of a request to review the classification, grades increased. On the other hand, in 8% of requests the result was the opposite of what was expected, a reduction in classification.
September 14, 2023
Classes begin with around 80 thousand students without a teacher in one or more subjects. The southern part of the country is the most affected by a lack of teachers, but the problem spreads to all regions. Between September and October, another 726 teachers will retire.