Asia & the Pacific

Education Bureau finds ‘inadequacies’ in development of history exams for Hong Kong

November 25, 2020

The report hinted at failings by the exams body, which had a quality control mechanism in place, but one that only functioned properly when all personnel carried out their duties…

Without English testing, study abroad cannot resume

June 19, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Covid-19

On 26 May, for the fifth consecutive month, the Chinese National Education Examinations Authority and the British Council announced the cancellation of IELTS tests scheduled for June. Prospective international students…

Hong Kong exams body to develop alternative student grading system for crises

May 8, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Covid-19

Exam authorities will carry out citywide research to develop an alternative student grading system in the event university entrance tests are cancelled because of future pandemics, Hong Kong’s education minister…

Coronavirus: India’s education minister aims to ‘save’ academic year

May 8, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Covid-19

Dr Nishank, head of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, confirmed that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), admissions exams for technology and…

Detecting contract cheating: examining the role of assessment type.

February 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Drawing on the largest contract cheating dataset gathered to date (see cheatingandassessment.edu.au), this article examines the types of assignments and exams in which students self-reported having engaged in some form…

Indonesia seeks to abolish national exams but could end up creating a new rat race

January 27, 2020

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

In December last year, Indonesia’s Minister of Education Nadiem Makarim announced sweeping changes to the education sector through four priority reforms. One of them is the abolition of the country’s…

No More National Exam per 2021 in Indonesia

December 12, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has announced four educational policy programs dubbed “Merdeka Belajar” or freedom of learning. One of them is the termination of the national examination (UN)…

Educators, students hail India’s proposal to scrap exams

November 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Change is in the air for the Indian education system as the country’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is planning to do away with school exams from 2021, The…

Indian students wear boxes on their heads to prevent cheating

October 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

A school in India has apologized after photos emerged of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads during an exam to discourage cheating.The Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri, in India’s…

India’s high-stakes testing culture needs to be dismantled

October 25, 2019

Peter Hermans

Asia & the Pacific, International news

Every exam season, this phrase can be singularly responsible for hope, despair, dread or celebration among test takers in India. Test taking is serious business, and much like weddings, it…