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Curriculum
China
AFRICA
China moves Japan war start date up to 1931
in textbooks to boost ‘patriotic education’
The Japan Times, 12 January
Kenya
Japan
Upper Primary to Benefit From Laptop Project
Daily Nation, 11 January
Japan panel recommends English as regular
primary school subject
News on Japan, 22 December
Nigeria
Govt Urged to Support Arabic, Islamic Studies
Daily Trust, 23 December
Uganda
Uganda Using Outdated Text Books – Unesco
The Monitor, 5 January
Zimbabwe
Language Skills Revealed in New Curriculum
The Herald, 28 December
Dokora curriculum review disastrous: Coltart
News Day, 9 January
Malaysia
Mahdzir: New KSSM, KSSR curriculum from
2017
The Star, 31 December
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
France
Nouveaux programmes scolaires : le
« prédicat » prétexte à polémiques
Le Monde, 11 janvier
Ireland
ARAB STATES
Religion may be out of core curriculum for
primary schools
The Iresh Times, 28 December
Morocco
Les manuels d’éducation islamique créent
encore la controverse
Jeune Afrique, 22 décembre
Spain
Educación propone convocar 5.000 plazas de
profesorado entre 2018 y 2019
Levante-EMV, 22 de deciembre
Qatar
Ministry of Education Releases Over 900
Video Lessons on YouTube Channel
Ministry of Education, 22 December
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Australia
New HSC mathematics syllabus splits
education leaders
The Age, 10 January
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Switzerland
Education aux médias: Un anniversaire pour
s’interroger sur un enjeu majeur
L’Hebdo, 12 Janvier
Turkey
Turkey to change curriculum of former Gülen
schools abroad
Hurriyet Daily News, 11 January
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Education Reform
Costa Rica
AFRICA
Falemos português’: nuevo proyecto de
Educación
La Nación, 23 de diciembre
Ecuador
Las guías del docente “Yo Construyo mi
Ecuador” fomentan la cultura tributaria en los
estudiantes de Educación General Básica
Ministerio de Educación, 5 de enero
Guyana
Music and Sports to be part of schools
curriculum
Ministry of Education, 10 January
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2017
Kenya
Education reforms achievable, though difficult
to implement
Daily Nation, 11 January
Mauritius
Rétrospective 2016 - réformes : l’éducation en
ébullition
Le Défimedia, 24 décembre
Nine-Year Schooling - Les manuels du
secondaire fournis par le MIE dès 2018
Lexpress.mu, 7 janvier
Peru
Minedu oficializa alfabeto de lengua
amazónica ocaina
Ministerio de Educación, 13 de enero
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Sri Lanka
National function for textbook distribution
Ministry of Education, January 2016
Early childhood education
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Thailand
Govt launches '20-year strategic education
plan'
Bangkok Post, 16 January
Singapore
Higher demand, enrolment for kindergartens
set up by MOE
The Straits Times, 12 January
Thailand
Thaïlande: la junte impose une éducation
militaire dès le jardin d'enfants
RFI, 26 décembre
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
France
Éducation prioritaire : « plus de maîtres que de
classes » en 2017
Ouest-France, 10 janvier
Ireland
Minister Bruton sets out plans to reform the
school admission system in relation to religion
Ministry of Education, 16 January
Guyana
First Batch of Early Childhood Development
Centres licensed
Ministry of Education, 28 December
Peru
Organizaciones expertas respaldan edad
límite establecida por Minedu para acceder a
Educación Inicial y Primaria
Ministerio de Educación, 8 de enero
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Mexico
Comunicado 7.- Es 2017 el año de la
transformación educativa, con mejora en las
evaluaciones: Nuño Mayer
Ministerio de Educación, 9 de enero
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Education System
Inclusive Education
AFRICA
AFRICA
Kenya
Burkina Faso
New Education System to Lay Emphasis on
Continuous Assessment
Daily Nation, 30 December
L’éducation inclusive, « un moyen pour
atteindre l’éducation pour tous »
Burkina 24, 26 décembre
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa has one of the world’s worst
education systems
The Economist, 7 January
Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Econom
SAnews.gov.za (Tshwane), 4 January
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2017
ARAB STATES
ASIAN AND THE PACIFIC
Qatar
Thailand
King urges government to enhance education
Bangkok Post, 15 January
Students of Inclusion Programs in Public
Schools Enjoy Similar Education with Peers
Ministry of Education, 25 December
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Dominican Republic
China
Navarro asegura República Dominicana
“saldrá del sótano” en calidad educación
Acento, 15 de enero
China aims to improve fairness in education
Xinhua, 30 December
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
USA
Gender
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
U.S. Department of Education Releases
Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with
Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education, 28 December
UK
Damaging’ transgender curriculum is about to
invade 7-year-olds’ classrooms in the UK
Life Site News, 6 January
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Peru
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Mexico
Comunicado 8.- Señala Nuño Mayer la
importancia de impulsar la equidad de género
desde el sistema educativo...
Ministerio de Educación, 8 de enero
Peru
Currículo Nacional promueve igualdad de
oportunidades para hombres y mujeres
Ministerio de Educación, 14 de enero
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Centros de Educación Básica Especial de
Perú postulan a proyecto “Transformación
hacia la calidad de vida”
Ministerio de Educacion, 12 de enero
Minedu presenta nuevo Plan Nacional de
Educación Intercultural Bilingüe a favor de
estudiantes indígenas
Ministerio de Educacion, 27 de diciembre
Venezuela
“Maestros tienen compromiso de garantizar
una educación incluyente”, expresó Jaua,
ministro de Educación
Venezolana de Televisión, 15 de enero
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Teacher Education
AFRICA
Let's decide how to measure school violence
Global education monitoring report: policy
paper 29. UNESCO, 2017
Rwanda
340 Teachers Get Training in Multiple Skills
The New Times, 27 November
School violence and bullying: global status
report
UNESCO, 2017
French
ARAB STATES
United Arab Emirates
New training programme to make 21st century
teachers
Khaleej Times, 2 January
Abu Dhabi teachers to receive cybersecurity
training
The National, 5 January
Abu Dhabi teachers attend moral education
training
The National, 4 January
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Viet Nam
Surplus teachers to be retrained
Viet Nam News, 12 January
Reports, publications, etc.
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
France
EMI : partir des pratiques des élèves
Claire Joubaire, Dossier de veille de l'IFÉ
n° 115, janvier 2017
UK
Understanding emotional and social
intelligence among English language teachers
Christina Gkonou and Sarah Mercer, ELT
Research Papers 17.03, British Council,
January 2017
Partnering for prosperity: education for green
and inclusive growth; Global education
monitoring report, 2016;summary
UNESCO, 2017
Schools in action, global citizens for
sustainable development: a guide for teachers
UNESCO, 2016
Global guidance on addressing school-related
gender-based violence
UNESCO; UN Women, 2016
Schools in action, global citizens for
sustainable development: a guide for students
UNESCO, 2016
Out in the open: education sector responses to
violence based on sexual orientation and
gender identity/expression
UNESCO, 2016
UNESCO-UIS
Data availability for the calculation of SDG 4Education 2030 indicators: analysis covering
Latin America and the Caribbean
UIS, 2016
Spanish
Country readiness to monitor SDG 4 education
targets: regional survey for the Arab States
UIS, 2016
Miscellaneous
Focus on: Are education systems focusing on
the right skills
Lars Bo Jakobsen and David Crosier,
Eurodyce, 20 December
INTERNATIONAL
UNESCO
Textbooks pave the way to sustainable
development
Global education monitoring report: policy
paper 28, UNESCO, 2016
French Spanish
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