Education School or home? Location dilemma for ICSE, ISC semester exams
he choice offered by the ICSE council of whether a student will appear for the semester 1 exam from home or from school has posed a dilemma for examinees, parents and…
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India’s Rajasthan shuts down or resticts internet for 25 million people to stop students cheating in REET exams
More than 25 million people across the Indian state of Rajasthan faced government-mandated internet shutdowns and restrictions on Sunday, in an effort to prevent cheating in a mass exam. Hundreds…
CBSE 12th Board Exams 2021 Live Updates
Will CBSE Cancel 12th Exams 2021? When would UP Board Exams be conducted? Maharashtra HSC, ISC Exams to be conducted or not? What are the new exam dates for JEE…
Education Bureau finds ‘inadequacies’ in development of history exams for Hong Kong
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)…