Last updated: August 9, 2026
Education systems change, official webpages are revised, examination rules move between cohorts, and datasets are updated on different schedules. Education Benchmark welcomes correction reports when a page appears inaccurate, outdated, unclear, or inconsistent with a reliable current source.
How We Handle Corrections
A correction request is reviewed against the claim on the page and the evidence available for that claim. Preference is given to the authority responsible for the information, such as a ministry, examination board, regulator, official statistics body, qualification agency, university, or other primary source.
A request is more useful when it identifies exactly what should be checked rather than simply stating that an entire article is wrong.
What to Include in a Report
- The URL or title of the Education Benchmark page.
- The sentence, table entry, figure, date, qualification, rule, or other detail that may be incorrect.
- A brief explanation of the problem.
- A link or citation to a reliable source supporting the correction, when available.
- The relevant academic year, examination cycle, region, institution, or student category if the rule is not universal.
Correction reports can be sent through the contact page or by email to support@educationbenchmark.com.
How Evidence Is Evaluated
Official and primary evidence normally carries the greatest weight for current rules. A ministry notice may supersede an older general guide; an examination authority’s current candidate handbook may be more specific than a broad policy page; a university’s published admissions rule may control its own program even when national guidance is more general.
Conflicting sources are not resolved by choosing the source with the newest webpage date alone. The scope, authority, effective date, population covered, and whether the document is still in force are considered together.
Minor Changes
Spelling, punctuation, formatting, broken links, wording that does not alter meaning, and similar minor issues may be corrected without a separate correction notice. These edits are intended to improve readability or functionality rather than change the substance of the page.
Substantive Factual Changes
A substantive correction may be needed when a page gives the wrong school stage, examination rule, compulsory-education requirement, qualification name, admission pathway, statistical value, policy status, date, or other material fact.
When a substantive correction materially changes the meaning of a page, the article’s update information may be revised and the relevant passage or source list may be changed so that the corrected information can be checked. The form of the update can vary according to the significance of the error and the structure of the page.
Updates Are Not Always Corrections
A statement can have been accurate when published and later become outdated because a government, examination board, university, or other authority changed the rule. In that situation the page may require an update rather than a correction to an original factual error.
Where useful, transitional wording may remain so readers can distinguish an older cohort from a new one instead of incorrectly assuming that the newest rule applied in previous years.
Disputed or Inconclusive Claims
Not every disagreement has a single definitive answer. National rules may be implemented differently by region, school type, or institution, and two reputable datasets may use different definitions or reporting periods.
When evidence remains genuinely mixed, the aim is to describe the disagreement or scope clearly rather than force a false certainty. If a source applies only to one jurisdiction or category, the article should say so.
Requests to Remove Accurate Information
A correction process is not a mechanism for removing accurate, relevant information simply because it is unfavorable, inconvenient, or inconsistent with promotional language. Requests are assessed on factual accuracy, relevance, privacy, legal obligations, source quality, and the editorial purpose of the page.
Broken Sources and Replaced Documents
Government and institutional websites sometimes move or replace files. A broken source link does not automatically mean the underlying claim is false. Where possible, the source is replaced with a current official location or another authoritative document supporting the same point.
Reader Contributions
Submitting a correction does not create authorship, ownership, payment, or a right to control the final wording. Useful evidence may be incorporated into an article after independent review.
Please do not send confidential student records, private application documents, account credentials, identity documents, medical information, or other sensitive personal data as proof unless there is a clear lawful reason and the information has been specifically requested.
Contact
For a correction, include the page URL and the specific detail that should be checked. Use the contact form or email support@educationbenchmark.com.