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Macedonian high school students protest over testing requirement
Less than a month after the Macedonian government scrapped new university exam rules under student pressure, high school students took to the streets to demand an end to pre-graduation testing requirements.
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Kyrgyzstan ends Uzbek-language graduation exams
Starting this year, ethnic Uzbek high school students in Kyrgyzstan will no longer be able to take final exams in their native language.
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Macedonian student protests defeat new exam system
Macedonia has agreed to abandon a new law that had called for university students to sit externally supervised exams.
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Why reforms to China’s college entrance exam are so revolutionary
China’s Ministry of Education has announced a major reform of the National College Entrance Examination, known as Gaokao.
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Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
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Kyrgyzstani lawmakers demand action on underpaid teachers
Kyrgyzstan is facing a shortage of teachers, as fewer graduates are willing to endure rock-bottom pay and poor teaching conditions, EurasiaNet.org reports.
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Tirana closes colleges as report highlights alleged degree fraud
Albanian authorities are shutting down 18 private universities after an inspection found widespread awarding of dubious diplomas, according to Balkan Insight.
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“Never again”: for an education toward critical self-reflection
The education system, recovering from economic crisis, increasingly obsesses itself with downsizing and rationalising, with “student learning outcomes” determined by test scores and the job market. Now, more than ever, we need to return to Adorno.
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The search for a more equitable education system in Chile
Recently, I spoke with Dr. Beatrice Avalos-Bevan, Associate Researcher at the Center for Advanced Research in Education, at the University of Chile, in order to follow-up on an earlier post about the recent reforms in Chile.
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Video: Why some students migrate to beat China’s “unfair” university entrance exam
It’s time once again for the gaokao. Every June since 1978, millions of young people throughout China have taken the notoriously difficult Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination with hopes of going on to university and moving up what is seen as one of the country’s fairest social ladders. Students prep for hours upon hours, pulling grueling all-nighters. Parents do what they can, some in more unique ways than others.
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