Slob: 'Standards for final exams 2021 may be adjusted due to corona'
The Board for Tests and Examinations is considering 'an appropriate method of standardization for the central exams of 2021'. Minister Slob writes this to the Lower House. The minister remains committed to continuing the final exams in 2021, but realizes that this 'raises questions and concerns about the feasibility of these'.
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According to the minister, the 2021 exam year will bring 'challenges', he writes in a brief to the House of Representatives. 'We will all have to deal with the necessary uncertainties that will demand a lot from schools and pupils.'
To accommodate schools and pupils, a number of delivery and acceptance times for exams have been extended. This allows schools to spread the exams over a longer period than normal. The Board for Tests and Examinations is also considering 'an appropriate way of setting standards for the central exams of 2021'.
Due to the scrapping of the central final exam, almost 99 percent of all high school students passed last school year
Finally, the minister is preparing various scenarios 'with regard to the corona virus and the exams'. The House of Representatives will be further informed about this before Christmas.
The central exams were held last corona school year deleted and the students passed – or failed – based on their grades for the school exams. The average grades of the school exams turned out to be comparable with those of previous years. But because the central exam is usually stricter than the school exams, many more students passed than usual - especially at havo and vwo. The pass rates in these school types were eight to nine percentage points higher than last year.
In total, almost 99 percent of all secondary school students passed last school year, compared to 92 percent in previous years.
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