SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The city of Sacramento is trying a new approach to emergency response as a new audit shows the system remains under pressure. A few years ago, ambulances lined up outside ...

Online examinations at all three Institute of Technical Education (ITE) colleges in Singapore were affected after the system crashed on Thursday (June 4). Responding to queries from AsiaOne, an ITE ...

It’s day five of the State exams with Leaving Cert students facing Irish paper two this morning, followed by biology in the afternoon. Yesterday’s Irish paper one left students generally relieved, but ...

Irish paper 1 offered Leaving Cert students the opportunity to "showcase their Irish language skills with confidence". The 2026 State exams continued into its second week on Monday, with Leaving Cert ...

After a tough start with paper 1 last week, many Leaving Cert students would have been relieved with a fair and approachable maths paper 2 on Monday morning. The 2026 State exams continued on Monday ...

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has responded to a social media post that alleged NEET 2026 question papers were being sold through Telegram channels. The response came after a user tagged NTA and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Teachers, students and schools say the A-level maths paper represented a 'significant increase in difficulty compared with previous years' England's exam regulator Ofqual says it is "closely ...

England's exam regulator Ofqual says it is "closely monitoring" the marking of an A-level maths paper which students and parents say felt "unfair". More than 20,000 people have signed a petition ...

Aimee Harper is the Irish Independent Leaving Cert diarist for 2026. Aimee (19) is a sixth-year student at Coláiste Chiaráin in Leixlip, Co Kildare. In her second entry, Aimee gives her thoughts on ...

Exam papers have been arriving at schools around the country ahead of the Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle written exams beginning tomorrow. Tens of thousands of students will be starting their exams ...

Several students who appeared for A-level exams in different parts of the world have been left perplexed after it was discovered that the question paper had been leaked online. As India struggles with ...