Alberta diploma exams will be worth 20% for 2022-23 school year

Diploma exams written by Alberta students this school year will only count for 20 per cent of their final marks. The exams used to be worth half of students' end mark, but the Alberta government reduced the weight of diplomas from 50 per cent to 30 per cent in 2015. During the 2020-21 school year, the province made all diploma exams optional as students dealt with the challenges presented from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Then, for the 2021-22 school year, the government cancelled January dipl