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National Examinations Board publishes grade 12 results

September 26, 2024

According to the NEB, a total of 203,847 (52.16 percent) students managed to secure a Grade Point Average (GPA) above 1.61, which is necessary to study at a higher level.

Lack of resources and high cost of housing threaten to delay reforms of Leaving Cert

September 25, 2024

Schools complain over lack of lab space, while high rents have added to the challenges of teaching.

All student devices affected by Mobile Guardian app issues to be fixed by mid-August

September 24, 2024

The last of all devices affected by Mobile Guardian’s glitch and cyber-security breach will be fixed by Aug 16 as schools double down on restoration, with priority given to students taking their national examinations in 2024, said the Ministry of Education (MOE).

Australia Caps International Student Enrollment

September 10, 2024

Australia will limit how many international students it accepts in an effort to reduce migration to pre-pandemic levels.

All national Portugal secondary school exams with a positive average, with the exception of Biology and Geology

September 09, 2024

Biology and Geology was the subject for which the largest number of students took the exam (with 37,730 tests), followed by Portuguese (34,935), Physics and Chemistry A (33,570) and Mathematics A (32,105).

Four takeaways from 2024's GCSE results

September 06, 2024

The students opening GCSE and other Level 2 results earlier had not heard the word "Covid" when they first walked through their secondary-school gates.

GCSE marking system: The 9-1 grade boundaries explained as pupils await exam results

September 06, 2024

GCSEs have been graded using a new, more detailed system for the past few years. There are now six different passing grades available. The grade boundaries to achieve each one are unfortunately still to be set. GCSE students will need to pay special mind to their English and maths results.

Few schools and colleges will get better GCSE and A-level results than last year, minister warns

September 05, 2024

Few schools and colleges will get better GCSE and A-level results this summer than they did in 2021, the government has warned.

High school certificate can be obtained online and for free

September 04, 2024

The high school diploma certificate can be obtained online and is free of charge. This was announced by the Ministry of Education in a statement.

English-language courses below standard in Taipei

September 03, 2024

At least half of the English-taught courses provided by universities under the Program on Bilingual Education for Students in College do not fit the definition of “English as a medium of instruction” (EMI), the National Audit Office said.

More than 294 thousand people registered to take the Regular PAES in December of this year

September 02, 2024

According to preliminary figures, there were 2.2% more applicants this year than in the previous period, when 287,599 people were registered. The Regular PAES 2024, Admission 2025, will be applied on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 December.

After Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions, MIT’s Black and Latino Enrollment Plunges

August 30, 2024

The incoming freshman class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the nation’s most selective institutions, will be significantly less racially diverse than in years past, according to data released on Wednesday by the college.

Many schools are poorly prepared for digital National Exams in Sweden

August 29, 2024

Many schools do not yet have the technical conditions to conduct digital national tests. During a transition period, they may instead give the tests in paper form. - It is high time for all school principals to start preparing the technology, says Marcello Marrone, project manager at the Swedish National Agency for Education.

National secondary exams begin for more than 156,000 registered students

August 28, 2024

In the last 6 years, only in 2019 was this number surpassed, with almost 160 thousand registered. Exams start with Mandarin and Portuguese tests and end on June 28th with geometry and history.

The 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) will take place on November 14.

August 27, 2024

The 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) will take place on November 14. Following last year, the so-called "killer questions" (ultra-high-level questions) are excluded this year, and attention is being paid to how much the expansion of "N students" due to the increase in medical schools will affect the difficulty.

Application date for Chile PAES 2024 extended

August 27, 2024

The Ministry of Education and Demre have announced that the registration process for the Higher Education Access Tests for the 2025 admission will be extended.

Application date for PAES 2024 extended: Until when is the deadline and how to do it'

August 20, 2024

The Ministry of Education and Demre have announced that the registration process for the Higher Education Access Tests for the 2025 admission will be extended.

Hong Kong may place more emphasis on sports when assessing pupils for secondary school

August 19, 2024

Education Bureau proposes revised grading mechanism in which PE scores are included while weightage for some other subjects slightly reduced

Microsoft puts AI in Hong Kong primary school, commits to expansion as OpenAI pulls back

August 16, 2024

Microsoft is expanding AI-related educational initiatives in the city, maintaining access to OpenAI’s models, while its China business draws scrutiny at home

Number of Hong Kong students at state schools in England rises by nearly a third

August 14, 2024

Birmingham, Nottinghamshire and Barnet the most popular choices, government survey finds

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