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.
January 12, 2022
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and the Buenos Aires government provided details of the educational practices program in the workplace that will govern from 2022 in all secondary schools in the City of Buenos Aires.
January 10, 2022
About 392,863 students in the scientific and mathematical steams took their final Thanaweya Amma (school leaving) exam, amid unusual conditions due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Thanaweyya Amma graduation rate records 74% for academic year 2020-2021.
January 05, 2022
The proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or higher has surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to Covid-19.
January 04, 2022
Teenagers in England will be given advance warning of some exam content next year because of disruption caused by Covid, the government says.
January 04, 2022
This course there will be no make-up exams for Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) students. The Ministry of Education is forced to end the change to comply with the opinion issued by the Council of State on this issue, according to sources from the department of Pilar Alegría.
January 01, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted yet another year of education in Scotland, as shown by their school results this year.
December 31, 2021
The results released on Monday by the Ministry of Education shows that more than 44,100 pupils and more than 16,400 students performed poorly in the exams and will have to repeat their classes. Data shows that 251,906 pupils sat for the primary leaving exams and 121,626 students sat for the ordinary level leaving exams.