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Exam board faces £350k fine for wrong GCSE results

August 20, 2025

An exam board is facing a £350,000 fine after issuing hundreds of pupils with the wrong GCSE results. More than 1,500 pupils in England were given incorrect grades for their food and nutrition qualification in 2024, a course not offered in Wales, but run by the Cardiff-based WJEC.

Emotional education is now part of the Comprehensive Evaluation System in Colombia

August 19, 2025

In response to the proposed bill in Congress requiring educational institutions to teach Emotional Education, a subject that must be taught from preschool to eleventh grade, with the goal of preventing risky behaviors and strengthening students' emotional well-being, and anticipating changes to the state exam, the Colombian Institute for the Evaluation of Education - Icfes, an entity attached to the Ministry of Education.

Significant growth for SACE International

August 19, 2025

The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) has been steadily growing internationally as an endorsement of the exceptional South Australian curriculum.

HSC exams postponed nationwide after Milestone College plane crash

August 15, 2025

The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations scheduled for Tuesday have been officially postponed following the devastating plane crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara’s Diyabari area.

Calls for the Saber 11 calendar A tests will be issued

August 14, 2025

The tests will be conducted on-site using paper and pencil, and individual results will be published on October 17.

Ofqual admits massively exaggerating number of students getting exam assistance

August 13, 2025

Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014

High interest in Stockholm's municipal upper secondary schools

August 12, 2025

The 2025 upper secondary school admissions show a very strong result for Stockholm's municipal upper secondary schools. Of the 6,657 places offered, only 21 are still available, a clear sign of the great interest from the city's ninth graders.

South Korea pulls plug on AI textbooks, leaving schools, companies without funding for them

August 11, 2025

South Korea’s National Assembly passed a Bill on Aug 4 stripping artificial intelligence-powered digital textbooks of their legal status as official teaching materials, dealing a heavy blow to the previous Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s flagship education reform project.

WA Year 12 students who get a D grade will still pass ATAR and achieve WACE under new reforms

August 08, 2025

A D grade in an ATAR subject will count towards meeting WACE requirements, under new reforms. The move is aimed at encouraging students to tackle harder subjects.

Dramatic increase in Sweden's vocational programs

August 07, 2025

The trend is clear, and historic: the number of applications to start vocational programs is increasing significantly. At the same time, applications for university preparatory programs are declining significantly, according to recent figures from Statistics Sweden.

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