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Curriculum
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Pakistan
AFRICA
Kenya
Govt Starts Distribution of 1.2 Digischool
Devices to Over 22 000 Public Primary
Schools
Government of Kenya, 29 September
Human rights to be part of curriculum
The International News, 22 September
Singapore
Secondary schools to offer 7 new hands-on
subjects
Straits Times, 7 October
Nigeria
Govt Calls for Reintroduction of History
Studies in Schools
Vanguard, 30 September
Republic of the Congo
Enseignement - La discipline de l'éducation
civique intègre le programme scolaire
Agence d’Information d’Afrique Centrale, 29
septembre
Uganda
Government to Introduce Peace Studies in
Schools
The Monitor, 2 October
EUROPE ANID NORTH AMERICA
Greece
Archbishop Ieronymos on Religious Studies:
‘The Misunderstanding Has Been Resolved!’
Greek Reporter, 5 October
USA
Why Don't the Common-Core Standards
Include Cursive Writing?
Education Week, 10 October
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Jamaica
Tunisia
Education Ministry looks to make foreign
languages compulsory up to grade 9
Jamaica Observer, 1 October
Le patrimoine littéraire maghrébin introduit
dans les programmes scolaires
La Presse.tn, 29 septembre
Human trafficking added to school curriculum
Jamaica Observer, 5 October
United Arab Emirates
ARAB STATES
Changes to Ministry of Education schools
implemented
The National, 27 September
Ministry of Education announces new
curriculum
Gulf News, 6 October
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Early childhood education
United Arab Emirates
AFRICA
Education is an engine of growth and change
2016
The National, 3 October
10 October
Kenya
Are Kenyan children ready for the leap from
pre-primary to primary school?
The Conversation, 28 September
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Argentina
Un plan nacional para mejorar la educación
Clarin, 29 de septiembre
ARAB STATES
United Arab Emirates
Ecuador
Training centre for toddlers all set to open in
Dubai
Khaleej Times, 9 October
Ministerio de Educación de Ecuador reducirá
la carga horaria de tareas escolares
Andes, 3 de octubre
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Education System
India
Pre-primary schools to get ncpcr rules
Pune Mirror, 28 September
AFRICA
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Access to quality education in Africa: how to
plug the gaps
The Conversation, 2 October
Croatia
Dmocratic Republic of the Congo
Croats Uneasy Over Church Role in
Kindergartens
Balkan Insight, 6 October
Perspectives de mise en place de l'éducation
de base en RDC - 90 % d'enfants attendus en
2025
Le Potentiel, 3 octobre
Denmark
Denmark considers compulsory language test
for all two-year-olds
Independent, 3 October
Malawi
Under-age Enrollment in Public Schools Worry
Education Minister
Nyasa Times, 8 October
Nigeria
Education Reform
AFRICA
Adamawa Declares State of Emergency On
Basic Education
Daily Trust, 6 October
Rwanda
Uganda
New Curriculum Opens 11, 000 Jobs for
Secondary Teachers
The Monitor, 10 October
Educators Want Automatic Promotion Policy
Revisited
The New Times, 7 October
Senegal
ARAB STATES
Tunisia
Le ministre de l'education reçu au Palais de
Carthage - La réforme éducative en point de
mire
La Presse.tn, 8 octobre
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Pacification de l'année scolaire - Pour un
consensus fort autour des grandes orientations
du système éducatif
Le Soleil, 27 septembre
Tanzania
Govt Lays Bare Plans to Resuscitate
Education Sector
Tanzania Daily News, 6 October
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ARAB STATES
Greece
Algeria
Greece to begin schooling migrant children
tomorrow
Gulf Times, 8 October
Ecoles coraniques - Plus de 35.000 élèves du
préscolaire attendus cette année à Alger
Algerie Presse Service, 29 septembre
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Morocco
Moroccan Education Minister Admits to
Overcrowded Schools
Morocco World News, 26 September
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Peru
Minedu inicia Programa de Actualización
Docente para fortalecer educación secundaria
en zonas rurales
Ministerio de Educación, 1 de octubre
Japan
Japan’s schools embracing tablets but
inadequate support and security remain
concerns
The Japan Times, 29 September
Teacher Education
AFRICA
Ghana
Qualified Teachers Needed At the
Kindergarten Level – GNAT
The Chronicle, 5 October
Gender
AFRICA
Rwanda
Who Is Responsible for Gender Disparities in
School Leadership?
The New Times, 5 October
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Cambodia
Valuing teachers, improving their status
The Phnom Penh Post, 10 October
Inclusive Education
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
ARAB STATES
Argentina
Algeria
Innovación pedagógica, el mejor antídoto
contra la indisciplina
Clarin, 29 de septiembre
La priorité sera donnée, cette année, à la lutte
contre l'illettrisme dans les zones rurales
enclavées
Algerie Presse Service, 8 octobre
INTERNATIONAL
UNESCO
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Singapore
Enhancing Support for Students with Hearing
Loss who Sign
Minoistry of Education, 20 September
Nearly 69 million new teachers needed to
achieve global education goals, UNESCO
reports
UN News Centre, 5 October
Français
Español
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Georgia
Inclusive vocational education in Georgia
Ministry of Education, 29 September
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Reports, publications, etc.
AFRICA
Inégalités sociales et migratoires : comment
l’école les amplifie ?
Conseil national d’évaluation du système
scolaire, Septembre 2016
Intergenerational education mobility in Africa :
has progress been inclusive ?
Théophile T. Azomahou, Eleni A. Yitbarek,
Policy Research Working Paper 7843
World Bank Group, September 2016
UK
Training teachers on the job : what works and
how to measure it
Anna Popova, David K. Evans, Violeta
Arancibia, World Bank Group Africa Region,
September 2016
Young Readers Programme Evaluation 2015 /
2016
Clémence Pabion, Christina Clark
National Literacy Trust, September 2016
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Which English? Whose English? Teachers’
beliefs, attitudes and practices
ELT Research Papers 16.04
Tony Young, Steve Walsh, Alina Schartner
British Council, September 2016
Innovative pedagogical approaches in early
childhood care and education (ECCE) in the
Asia-Pacific region: a resource pack
UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional
Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific;
Asia-Pacific Regional Network for Early
Childhood (Singapore), 2016
Special educational needs: analysis and
summary of data sources
UK Department for Education, September
2016
USA
Selected Statistics from the Public Elementary
and Secondary Education Universe: School
Year 2014-15
Mark Glander,National Center for Education
Statistics, September 2016
Singapore
10-Year Trend of Educational Performance
2006 – 2015
Ministry of Education, October 2016
Projections of Education Statistics to 2024
William J Hussar, National Center for
Education Statistics and Tabitha M. Bailey,
IHS Global Insight, September 2016
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL
Eurodyce
3IE Impact
Compulsory Education in Europe – 2016/17
Eurydice, September 2016
The Structure of the European Education
Systems 2016/17: Schematic Diagrams
Eurydice, September 2016
France
Education & Formation n° 91 : Massification
scolaire et mixité sociale
Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de
l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche,
Septembre 2016
L'éducation des filles et des garçons :
paradoxes et inégalités
Dossier de veille de l'IFÉ, n° 112, octobre 2016
What is the impact of education programmes
on children’s learning and school participation?
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
(3ie), September 2016
OECD
Making Education Count for Development :
Data Collection and Availability in Six PISA for
Development Countries
UNESCO Institute of Statistics, PISA, OECD
September 2016
Ten Questions for Mathematics Teachers…
and How PISA Can Help Answer Them
PISA, OECD, October 2016
UNESCO
UNESCO's role in education in emergencies
and protracted crises
UNESCO, 2016
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UNESCO- UIS
Sustainable development data digest: laying
the foundation to measure Sustainable
Development Goal 4
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2016
Miscellaneous
Eurodyce
Focus on: Innovation at school
Elena Cordero, David Crosier, Eurodyce, 20
September
INTERNATIONAL
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