/PRNewswire/ The Indiana legislature voted to allow high school students, from or outside Indiana, to receive college credit through Cambridge Assessment.
Govt allows British Council to hold ‘special O Level exams’ from July 26
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that the government has allowed the British Council to hold special O Level exams from July 26 to August 6.
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, he said that this will facilitate O Level students to start A Level or FA/Fsc from September.
“This kind of exam in July is unprecedented and I am happy that Cambridge is arranging it,” he further wrote.
We issued an NOC today to British Council allowing it to hold special O level exams from July 26 to August 6. This will facilitate O level students to start A level or FA/Fsc from September. This kind of exam in July is unprecedented and I am happy that Cambridge is arranging it pic.twitter.com/bYIikHAECD Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat Mahmood) May 27, 2021
Kuwait City: The head of the Union of Private Schools and Institutes, Noura Al Ghanim, confirmed that private schools will move forward as planned to hold the end of the year exams in person, local media reported.
Al Ghanim said in a press statement that 11th grade and 12th grade students have completed their exams, in person. She clarified that all students in the French and American schools have conducted written in-person exams, except students in British schools that follow the Cambridge Assessment International Education body who have decided to hold their exams online.
Around 300 students in the French schools sat for in-person exams and thousands of students in Arab schools will be conducting their exams in person, Al Ghanim added.
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Mumbai: VIBGYOR High – Goregaon has achieved 100% results in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams conducted in February 2021 by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Dhanashri Dutta, Aniq Jiwani and Aravir Puri have emerged as school toppers with 93.12%, 92.12% and 91% respectively. The results were declared on May 25.
Congratulating the students on their stellar performance displayed in the face of many challenges, Kavita Sahay Kerawalla, Vice Chairperson, VIBGYOR Group of Schools, said,
“It is a matter of immense pride for us that our student cohort has delivered yet another successful performance in the Cambridge International examinations despite the tumult and uncertainty of the past year, and we congratulate all our Grade 10 graduates for this achievement. Such an accomplishment clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of an agile approach, which enabled them to adapt quickly to the changed circumstances and
Asian universities close again amid new coronavirus wave
Amid a new COVID-19 wave in South and Southeast Asia and fears of a highly transmissible deadly variant from India that has devastated that country and overwhelmed the Indian health system, universities in countries neighbouring India have reversed plans to re-open universities and colleges and brought in new lockdowns.
Students in countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan now fear they face another disrupted academic year and lost education, saying their governments have barely tackled problems in accessing online education experienced during the first wave. And they say universities are no better prepared than last year to cope with the new wave, despite plans to vaccinate students and provide other facilities.