Grading systems by country

At the same time, younger elementary school students, from the first to the fourth grade, continue to attend classes at school.
By the decision of the Government of Serbia, on the recommendation of the Crisis Staff, distance learning for older elementary and high school students will be applied until the beginning of the winter break on December 21.

This year's university entrance exams will be carried out without taking into consideration the topics in the 12th grade second semester subject matters, Chairman of the National Council of Rectors (CNR) Sorin Cimpeanu told AGERPRES on Wednesday. He added that first degree and master's degree examinations will also be held.

A student was admitted to a Greek university on Tuesday even though the grades he scored in entrance exam grades would in no way merit the seat. This is not something to be ignored.

A student looks at a list of university entrance examination results outside his school in Athens on Wednesday. Results pointed to an overall drop in performance, which critics attributed to the previous government's policies. In 132 of 459 university faculties, at least one of the new entrants failed to achieve what would normally be a pass grade.

The petition has been launched by a parents' association called the Parent Council, whose chairman Nataša Šram says that "generations before us have been warning something is amiss with our education system".

Shokrullah Sorosh, a 24-year-old Afghan student, has become Istanbul Technical University's (İTÜ) top student this year with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.99.

With the mathematics exam, which is today, the national external evaluation of the fourth grade continues. The results can be applied for undergraduate training in the mathematical and natural sciences high schools...the ministry of education said.

The Education Ministry is set to announce the minimum grades required to be admitted to the country's technical colleges and universities on Monday or Tuesday, allowing thousands of high-school graduates to start planning for their academic advancement.

Greece must be among the few countries in the world (if not the only one) where the process of national university entrance exams is such a big deal, and is presented as front-page news by all of the media.

Twenty-eight lawmakers in the ruling SYRIZA party say that the grading of students' conduct at school on report cards is an anachronism that should be abolished.