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ReportQatar | Middle East

Understanding Qatari Ambition—The Curriculum 2016–20

This IMPACT-se report continues to focus on Qatar’s school curriculum for grades 1–12. It has been updated in conjunction with the London-based think tank, Henry Jackson Society and a foreword by Dr. David Roberts of...

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ReportSaudi Arabia | Middle East

The Winding Road to a New Identity: Saudi Arabian Curriculum 2016-19

This interim report on Saudi Arabia’s national curriculum covers 2016–19 textbooks, analyzed by IMPACT-se’s UNESCO-derived standards of peace and tolerance. The Saudi curriculum, at this stage, should be viewed as a reflection of the efforts...

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ReportMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | Palestinian Authority

PALESTINIAN CURRICULUM PUT TO THE TEST The General Certificate of High School Examination in Palestine (Tawjihi)

This report studies the twenty-six tests comprising the Palestinian 2019 Tajihi Matriculation Exam which tests grade 12 material from the Palestinian curriculum. The exam was analyzed according to IMPACT-se’s UNESCO-derived standards to research peace and...

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ReportMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | Palestinian Authority

THE NEW PALESTINIAN CURRICULUM: BY THE NUMBERS–Quantitative Analysis of the Current Palestinian Ministry of Education Curriculum

A quantitative analysis of textbooks from the current Palestinian Ministry of Education curriculum, applying UNESCO-derived standards of peace and tolerance. All 2019-20 textbooks for the first semester were analyzed. Additionally, in this report, we define...

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ReportTurkey | Middle East

Two Languages One Country: Turkey’s Elective Kurdish Curriculum

The Kurdish textbooks appear at first glance to be simple and straightforward, no more than very little elective training in a minority population’s mother tongue. They are not. Both implicitly and explicitly the books include...

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