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Saxony's Inflation of the Abitur

May 16, 2023

In Saxony alone, the Abitur in 2022 has almost quintupled compared to 2013. The ministries of education were very accommodating to the students.

France's general and technological baccalaureate: start of the specialty teaching tests

May 15, 2023

The written special education tests (EDS) for the 2023 baccalaureate are held on March 20, 21 and 22, 2023 in mainland France and overseas and since March 13, 2023 in Polynesia and in the French education network at the abroad (AEFE).

ChatGPT allowed in International Baccalaureate essays

May 12, 2023

Schoolchildren are allowed to quote from content created by ChatGPT in their essays, the International Baccalaureate has said. The IB, which offers an alternative qualification to A-levels and Highers, said students could use the chatbot but must be clear when they were quoting its responses.

In Chad, launch of registration for the 2023 Baccalaureate in N'Djamena

May 11, 2023

Candidates admitted to take the baccalaureate are final year students presented by high schools, whose age must not exceed 24 years. For free candidates, they must be at least 25 years old and have already passed the baccalaureate with an average greater than or equal to 05/20.

44,000 DSE pupils take last ever liberal studies test under Hong Kong’s university entrance exams

May 10, 2023

Questions about city’s plastic shopping bag charge and quality of life for elderly residents appear in final exam. Controversial subject soon to be scrapped to make way for revamped syllabus under ‘citizenship and social development’.

China plans to allow foreign universities to independently operate in Hainan FTZ

May 09, 2023

China has released a plan to permit foreign higher education institutions and those from the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions and Taiwan to independently set up and run universities and higher vocational schools in the Hainan Free Trade Zone (FTZ).

School exams session in 2023 for Cote d'Ivoire

May 08, 2023

The 2023 school exam calendar was made public by the Ministry of National Education and Literacy. The Elementary Primary Education Certificate (CEPE), the First Cycle Education Certificate (BEPC) and the Baccalaureate (BAC) are the exams concerned by the said schedule.

NWT change the weighting of Grade 12 exams

May 05, 2023

The Northwest Territories is changing the weighting of year-end exams for Grade 12 students for the current school year. They will count for 20% of the final grade, instead of 30%.

Abitur exams in NRW postponed due to technical breakdown keep

May 04, 2023

The high school exams planned for Wednesday in North Rhine-Westphalia have been postponed to Friday at short notice due to massive technical problems.

Final exams again with Corona "bonus" in Hamburg

May 03, 2023

Pupils in Hamburg will once again receive a corona "bonus" this year: Important exams will be made a little easier - just like in the past two years. The school authorities are thus following a decision by the Conference of Ministers of Education.

Jordan 'Tawjihi' to become two-year program starting 2024-2025

May 03, 2023

'Tawjihi,' which is the national general secondary education certificate examination, will become a two-year program starting the academic year (2024/2025), as announced by the Ministry of Education.

Singapore students to enter secondary school via posting groups mapped from current streams; form classes will be mixed

May 02, 2023

This comes after a common Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate exam will replace the O-Levels and N-Levels from 2027.

Madrid announces new tests so that those over 18 years of age can obtain Secondary

May 01, 2023

The Community of Madrid has convened new free tests so that those over 18 years of age can obtain the Compulsory Secondary Education title with the aim of acquiring the basic elements for their incorporation into subsequent studies or for their labor insertion.

Jordan Education Ministry sets date for 2023 Tawjihi exam

April 28, 2023

The Ministry of Education announced that it has set the date for General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) for the year 2023.

Icfes 2023: these will be the dates of registration and completion of the exam

April 27, 2023

The Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education began the process for the Saber 11 calendar B, Pre Saber and Validation tests.

In Galicia, new dates for the evaluations of ESO, baccalaureate and current course cycles

April 26, 2023

The extraordinary final evaluation sessions for high school students and the first year of basic training cycles and the final evaluation session for compulsory secondary education students must be carried out as of June 22, 2023.

O- and N-Level certificates to be replaced with Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate from 2027

April 25, 2023

Starting from 2027, the new Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) will replace the separate N- and O-Level examinations, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing during the Committee of Supply debate.

GCE ‘O’ Level results out in Brunei

April 25, 2023

The Ministry of Education (MoE) through the Department of Examinations released the Brunei-Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) October/November 2022 Examination results for thousands of candidates.

In Jordan, Tawjihi complementary session sees 66.9% pass rate

April 21, 2023

The ministry noted that a total of 100,198 students registered for the exams, 85,897 of whom took the exam to complete requirements and 14,301 to increase their average.

Fast-forward for project to support ‘agents of HE reform’ in South Africa

April 20, 2023

From 22 to 24 March, Higher Education Reform Experts – South Africa (HERESA) held a leadership workshop for top university managers to discuss pressing challenges in the sector and identify potential solutions, drawing on national and international case studies.

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