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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

More than 72,000 students in vocational training – the highest in almost a decade

August 13, 2024

More students are training in the state’s priority industries of construction and electrotechnology, early childhood and health care, a new report from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) shows.

Portugal government wants to hire retired teachers for subjects where there are greatest shortages

August 12, 2024

The Government wants to hire retired teachers from subjects where there are fewer teachers to combat the shortage of teachers in schools in areas where the greatest shortages have been identified.

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.

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