January 31, 2022
Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge will reintroduce mandatory ministerial exams in 2021-22 and change the way they are weighted. The 2021-2022 school year will be divided into two terms, with the following weighting: 40 per cent for the first term (August 2021 to January 2022) and 60 per cent for the second (February 2022 to June 2022).
January 31, 2022
Approximately 207,000 students had signed up to take part in the Tawjihi exams for the summer session of 2021, according to the Ministry of Education. Education Ministry announces Tawjihi results last August.
January 28, 2022
The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has released a nationwide ‘back to school’ transport schedule for boarding students.
January 27, 2022
The head of Education indicated that the new National Curriculum will be oriented towards problem solving with a STEAM approach (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) and that Minedu is preparing a set of measures to start the evaluation of this document taking taking into account the sociocultural characteristics of each territory.
January 26, 2022
Morocco’s ministry of education announced the extension of the 2021-2022 school year by a month, and Moroccan schools officially opened last October. Schools will follow the government calendar to carry on upcoming exams, scheduled for July 2022.
January 25, 2022
Large numbers of students left school during the pandemic and never came back.
January 25, 2022
Thousands of Portugal students have been left waiting for results of Portuguese language tests following a cyberattack.
January 24, 2022
Undersecretary of Higher Education addressed the results of the surrender of the PDT, which was again applied in the context of the pandemic and why the test was carried out in two groups and under sanitary protocols.
January 21, 2022
As more jobs require postsecondary training, more providers jump in to offer it — including fakes and scammers.
January 20, 2022
The Ministry of Education of Ethiopia announced its decision to close all secondary schools so students can harvest crops for those on the frontline of the war. The ministry defended its decision citing the need for the education sector to contribute to the success of the ongoing national campaign.
January 20, 2022
State Minister of Education Dr. Samuel Kifle said more than 1.2 million students were out of school due to the ongoing war in northern Ethiopia. The State Minister also said that it is necessary to reverse the war in a short period of time and focus on the next education system.
January 19, 2022
Exam regulator Ofqual has announced its plans to make a series of changes to next year’s tests to account for classroom disruption.
January 18, 2022
Egyptian university students will be denied access to first term exams next month unless they can show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test.
January 18, 2022
Similar to what happened in the last two years because of the pandemic, the set of optional questions will remain in this school year's national exams in Portugal.
January 17, 2022
U.S. school closures reached a record high for the academic year last week as omicron-fueled coronavirus cases caused staff shortages and disrupted classes, but the shutdowns are about to ease as more schools are set to reopen in-person.
January 14, 2022
Schools in Iran are due to reopen for students in years 10, 11 and 12 as academic institutions across the country continue to gradually return to in-person studies this academic year due to a decline in Covid-19 infection rates.
January 13, 2022
The Ministry of Education continued its efforts to modernise the Egyptian education system by introducing new techniques in teaching and examining K-12 students.
January 13, 2022
Authorities in Haiti have postponed the start of school across the country after last month's 7.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed schools and homes across Haiti's southern peninsula. It is the latest unwanted disruption to education in Haiti, where instruction has been interrupted repeatedly over the last two years due both to COVID-19 and the gang violence and kidnappings that have terrorized much of the country.
January 12, 2022
The Government confirmed through an order in Diário da República the school calendar announced by António Costa. The prime minister, when informing the country that new restrictions would be imposed to contain the advance of covid-19.
January 12, 2022
The evaluation decree approved turns repetition into something exceptional and liquidates recoveries in compulsory education.