'Education' Stories

Children aged 3-4 can return to kindergartens next week Brunei will get Omicron-specific vaccines as part of procurement agreement with Pfizer

January 12, 2022

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Toddlers aged 3 to 4 can head back to kindergartens from January 17, the education minister said Wednesday. Joining…

Over 580 teenage students, 24 teachers still unvaccinated against COVID Acting education minister says eight teachers refused to get inoculated despite vaccine mandate

December 30, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – More than 580 teenage students and 24 public school teachers remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, the acting minister of education…

Brunei to bring forward COVID booster jabs in wake of Omicron Under MoE's school reopening plan, Years 10-13 students will be the first group to resume in-person learning on January 3

December 14, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The government will shorten the minimum interval between the second COVID-19 dose and booster shot from five to three…

International travel to resume in January, schools to reopen in stages as Brunei enters ‘early endemic phase’ Government announces slew of new guidelines to take effect from Wednesday

December 13, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – On Sunday evening the government announced the scaling down of most COVID-19 restrictions — including international travel — as…

Religious school exams rescheduled to early 2022 MoRA says gov't reviewing possibility of allowing Bruneians to go on Haj and Umrah

October 22, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Four key religious school exams will be postponed to January and February 2022, a move affecting close to 8,300…

PSR exam replaced with school-assessed marks In-person exams were cancelled after parents and teachers sought a safer alternative

October 9, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The Primary School Assessment (PSR) scheduled to take place on November 15 will be replaced by school-assessed marks as…

IGCSE, ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level exams scrapped The education ministry said school-assessed grades will be used in lieu of written exams

September 21, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – In a long awaited statement, the Ministry of Education (MoE) announced on Monday that written papers for IGCSE, O…

Students still in the dark around O, A Level exams With the country still under a partial lockdown, it remains unclear whether in-person exams will go ahead

September 20, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The Ministry of Health said it is still in discussions with the education ministry (MoE) over the best solution…

Year-end exams to be postponed or cancelled, says MoE Convocations for UBD, UTB and UNISSA have also been postponed due to COVID outbreak

August 17, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Year-end examinations will be postponed or cancelled, the education ministry (MoE) announced Tuesday, as it grapples with the thousands…

September school holidays brought forward to Aug 11 Gov't ministries announce more changes to operations due to surging COVID-19 cases

August 10, 2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — The Ministry of Education (MoE) has moved forward the second school term holidays to August 11 instead of September…

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