Alberta cancels January provincial exams due to time lost during teachers strike

High school students in Alberta will not be writing their provincial diploma exams in January, but can take them in April or June if they choose.

Alberta Education made the announcement Friday afternoon. Students, parents and teachers have wondered what the province would do about the exams after students lost three weeks of course work due to a teachers strike.

The province is also cancelling provincial achievement tests for Grade 9 students.

Course marks for students who choose not to write their January diploma exams will come entirely from school work.

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Those students will get a notation on their transcript saying the exam was not writt