No. of language exams halved thanks to coronavirus and the abolition of language requirements for receiving diplomas
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The coronavirus lockdown this spring took its toll, among many others, on the language assessment institutions. Moreover, as the government abolished the language requirements for receiving diplomas, many opted out of the exams they already paid and applied for.
On the one hand, they experienced many difficulties with switching to online examinations, which they had very little time for and had to pay for the whole new system themselves, Magyar Nemzet reports. They did not have time to properly test the system before actual exams took place.
Several learners requested a refund as they did not want to partake in an online exam due to technical difficulties.
Moreover, one of the government’s first action in the name of financial protection was to issue their diplomas to students who had not received them yet due to the lack of obligatory language requirements. (In several fields of study, students must pass one or sometimes two B2 level foreign language exams in order to receive their degrees.) Therefore,