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Maharashtra to make Marathi compulsory till
Class VII
The Indian Express, 12 March
Curriculum
AFRICA
Schools add 'cli-fi' to curriculums
The Hindu, 11 March
Mauritius
Examen national en Form III: deux nouvelles
matières introduites
Lexpress.mu, 13 March
Des manuels de Standard V truffés de fautes
Lexpress.mu, 16 March
South Africa
S. Africa formalising Mandarin teaching:
minister
Xinhua, 8 March
Japan
Japan high school textbooks to have more
pages on territories
News on Japan, 19 March
Sri Lanka
School curriculum to include civic rights
Nation, 12 March
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Canada
ARAB STATES
Algeria
Langues étrangères - Le choix élargi au
secondaire, pas de changement pour le
primaire et le moyen
Algerie Presse Service, 13 mars
La révision des programmes scolaires confiée
à une commission interministérielle
Algerie Presse Service, 17 mars
Morocco
Education minister promises new history
curriculum will be more representative
CBC, 13 March
Israel
Israeli textbook 'bad for Arabs, bad for Jews'
Aljazeera, 10 March
UK
UK children falling behind in maths due to
‘superficial’ learning
The Telegraph, 13 March
English to be Taught in Primary School in
Morocco
Morocco World News, 10 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Educación ambiental desde las escuelas hacia
la comunidad
La Estrella, 12 de marzo
India
Not removed Copernicus, Pythagorus names
from text books: Irani
The Indian Express, 10 March
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Panama
Peru
La mitad de estudiantes de segundo grado de
primaria ya entiende lo que lee
Ministerio de Educacion, 11 de marzo
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Early Childhood Education
Xinhua, 10 March
India
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Japan
Panel backs flexible scheduling of classes at
elementary school
News on Japan, 15 March
India among countries using innovative
teaching techniques, says report
The Indian Express, 14 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Honduras
Education Reform
Honduras Minister of Education Outlines Key
Challenges and Policies
UNESCO Media Sevices, 14 March
AFRICA
Madagascar
Examen officiel - Correction plus stricte des
épreuves du CEPE
L’Express de Madagascar, 15 mars
Gender
AFRICA
Nigeria
ARAB STATES
Morocco
Réforme de l’enseignement. Les premiers
chantiers lances
L’Economiste, 16 mars
Nigeria Has Closed Gender Gap in Education,
But... – Survey
Vanguard, 10 March
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
China
Do Southeast Asia, PH have gender equality in
education?
Rappler, 5 March
China to deliver five-year plan on education
Xinhua, 9 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Mexico
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Azerbaijan
The discussions on the transition to a 12-year
general education system began
Ministry of Education, 9 March
UK
Budget sets out academies plan and longer
school day
BBC, 16 March
Education System
Aurelio Nuño destaca avances en equidad de
género
Informador.mx, 14 de marzo
INTERNATIONAL
International Women's Day: Sexism rife in
textbooks, says Unesco
BBC, 8 March
Inclusive Education
AFRICA
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
South Africa
China
Marxism remains in education: minister
Xinhua, 10 March
China's education development medium-high
level globally: minister
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All Disabled Children Should Be in School –
Zuma
News 24 Wire, 10 March
ARAB STATES
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Algeria
Uruguay
Appel à la scolarisation et une prise en charge
pluridisciplinaire des enfants autistes
Algerie Presse Service, 14 mars
Lanzarán en 2017 carrera de maestro en
primera infancia
El Observador, 14 de marzo
United Arab Emirates
Unesco chief: 85m children out of school
Gulf News, 13 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Ecuador
MinEduc recibe reconocimiento público por
desarrollo de estrategias de Inclusión
Educativa
Ministerio de Educacion, 10 de marzo
Peru
Profesionales no docentes serán contratados
para reforzar atención de niños con
discapacidad
Ministerio de Educacion, 11 de marzo
Teacher Education
AFRICA
Reports, publications, etc.
AFRICA
Mali
Enseignement de la lecture/écriture: module
thématique
UNESCO Office Bamako, 2015
Evaluation des apprentissages scolaires:
module thématique
UNESCO Office Bamako, 2015
Enseignement des mathématiques: module
thématique
UNESCO Office Bamako, 2015
Gestion de l'école en période de crise et postcrise: module thématique
UNESCO Office Bamako, 2015
Zambia
Mali
Next phase of quality education project
launched
Education International, 11 March
Education Public Expenditure Review in
Zambia
World Bank Group, March 2016
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Nigeria
Niger Govt to Partner Cambridge University
On Teacher Training
Daily Trust, 12 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Colombia
Estas son las medidas con las que mejorarán
la formación de maestros
El Tiempo, 7 de marzo
Thailand
School and teaching practices for twenty-first
century challenges: lessons from the AsiaPacific region, regional synthesis report;2014
regional study on transversal competencies in
education policy and practice (Phase II)
UNESCO Office Bangkok, 2016
EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
Ecuador
Europe
Ecuador evaluará a todos los maestros de
instituciones públicas para garantizar la
calidad de la educación
Andes, 14 de marzo
Study on the Diversity within the Teaching
Profession with Particular Focus on Migrant
and/or Minority Background
Vicki Donlevy, Anja Meierkord, Aaron Rajan,
ECORYS, European Commission, 2016
Mexico
Nuño presenta estrategia de formación
continua de profesores
Informador, 7 de marzo
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France
L'introduction de blocs de compétences dans
les diplômes professionnels
Inspection générale de l'Éducation nationale,
Inspection générale de l'administration de
l'Éducation nationale et de la Recherche, 2015
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USA
Miscellaneous
Strategies to Improve Low performing Schools
under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Chelsea Straus & Tiffany Miller, Center for
American Progress, March 2016
‘High-Stakes Schooling’ paints a troubling
picture of Japan’s education system
Tha Japan Times, 12 March
Better Tests, Fewer Barriers: Advances in
Accessibility through PARCC and Smarter
Balanced
Samantha Batel & Scott Sargrad, Center for
American Progress, February 2016
Education as global public good
UNESCO Media Services, 14 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
INTERNATIONAL
BUREAU OF EDUCATION
Chile
Teaching careers in Latin America: meritbased measures for professional development
UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional
Bureau for Education in Latin America and the
Caribbean, 2015
Spanish
Paraguay
School Infrastructure in Paraguay : Needs,
Investments, and Costs
Wodon, Quentin, World Bank Study, 2016
INTERNATIONAL
UNESCO
Leveraging Information and Communication
Technologies to Achieve the Post-2015
Education Goal
International Conference on ICT and Post2015 Education, UNESCO, 2015
UNESCO IBE
Intentional ICT: curriculum, education and
development
IBE working papers on curriculum issues,
UNESCO IBE, March 2016
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