South Korea’s plan to introduce AI-powered digital textbooks in schools has sparked concerns about children’s overexposure to digital devices and potential misinformation. While the government aims to shift to more innovative, personalized education using AI,...
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Morocco’s Minister of Education announced that all Moroccan children will study the minority Amazigh language by 2029. The ministry confirmed the creation of 600 new training spots for Amazigh language teachers in December 2023, up...
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron has discussed a series of ambitious education reforms. These include the introduction of a new curricular reform which will include a greater focus on civics to improve national cohesion, and ensure...
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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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The country’s Ministry of Education this week unveiled new history textbooks with sections about what it calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea and Western sanctions. Critics say the move is...
Read MoreAs Syria's new leadership seeks closer engagement with Western governments, its education reforms offer an early indication of the country's future ...direction. This analysis examines what recent curriculum changes reveal about the regime's ideological priorities—from attitudes
A recent analysis from @PeaceNewsNet examines school textbooks in Iraqi Kurdistan and argues that they could do more to reflect the histories and ...experiences of the region's diverse ethnic and religious communities, including Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, and
Every IMPACT-se researcher brings a unique lens to the study of education and society.
Asher Spekterman is a professional Arabic translator and ...researcher, specializing in Middle Eastern conflicts. He has extensive experience teaching Arabic translation and researching
Where should education about gender identity and sexual orientation take place - in textbooks or through dedicated classroom programmes?
IMPACT-se's... analysis of LGBT issues in Israel's education system examines how these topics are addressed across both textbooks and Ministry of
A recent analysis in @the_hindu examines the gradual disappearance of political cartoons from Indian textbooks, prompting discussion about what is ...gained, and what may be lost, when visual satire is removed from the classroom.
Beyond cartoons themselves, the debate highlights
Last week a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between our partners at Monitor Impact and the @EmiratesScholar for Research & Studies in the ...UAE.
The agreement establishes a framework for collaboration in research, knowledge exchange, and joint initiatives, strengthening
The Daily Sun @dailysunbd recently reported on Bangladesh’s National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) decision to revise school textbooks to ...better reflect what it calls the country’s “true history.” The changes may include new material on the 2024 student-led uprising and
IMPACT-SE’s new report on Jordan’s textbooks finds that while the curriculum includes themes of peace, tolerance, and coexistence, these values ...are not consistently reflected throughout the material.
The study highlights positive examples, which encourage religious moderation
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As Syria's new leadership seeks closer engagement with Western governments, its education reforms offer an early indication of the country's future direction. This analysis examines what recent curriculum changes reveal about the regime's ideological priorities—from attitudes
A recent analysis from @PeaceNewsNet examines school textbooks in Iraqi Kurdistan and argues that they could do more to reflect the histories and experiences of the region's diverse ethnic and religious communities, including Arabs, Turkmen, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, and
Every IMPACT-se researcher brings a unique lens to the study of education and society.
Asher Spekterman is a professional Arabic translator and researcher, specializing in Middle Eastern conflicts. He has extensive experience teaching Arabic translation and researching
