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AnalysisPakistan | Iran | Tunisia

Contextualising Controversy: Narratives of Sensitive Issues in Tunisian, Pakistani, and Iranian School Textbooks

IMPACT-se’s paper, published in the proceedings of the Paris Conference on Education 2026, examines how textbooks in Tunisia, Pakistan, and Iran address colonialism, gender, religion, and violence, exploring whether their treatment encourages critical thinking, peace,...

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BriefIndia | South Asia

Political Cartoons and Public Debate in Indian Textbooks

A recent analysis in The Hindu examines the gradual disappearance of political cartoons from Indian school textbooks and considers what may be lost when visual satire is removed from the classroom. The debate highlights the...

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ReportPakistan | South Asia

Pakistan’s Textbooks

Our Pakistan report presents an in-depth analysis of 86 government-approved textbooks used across Punjab, Sindh, and federal school boards, covering a range of subjects and grade levels. This comprehensive review examines how these materials address...

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BriefIndia | South Asia

India to Combat Youth Voter Apathy Through School Textbooks

India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has announced it will introduce new textbooks which include content on electoral literary, and will update existing textbooks to incorporate this material. The goal is to...

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BriefAfghanistan | South Asia

‘Will I Be Illiterate’? In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Girls Fight Back—Attend Secret Classes, Refuse to Disappear

The underground school in suburban Kabul began in July this year, one of 50 set up by women’s rights activists, months after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan disallowed school for girls studying in classes 7...

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