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Since storming back to power in 2021, the Taliban have been revising national education curriculum and aggressively rewriting textbooks for grades 1-12, removing subjects like formal art, women’s rights, elections and democracy, and adding religious material to the curriculum that enforces Taliban narratives.
BEIJING — After months of public debate, China’s Education Ministry has finally decided that the college entrance exam will no longer include the subject of English. Instead, students will take several English tests spread over the course of the school year. This recurring topic is once again heated, bitterly dividing those with starkly divergent viewpoints. […]
-Editorial- BEIJING – In response to a letter sent by a women’s rights NGO regarding quota on enrollment of women in certain colleges and universities, China’s Education Ministry said that this restriction was based on “considerations of national interest.” The officials probably thought they would subdue any unruly voices with such a pompous answer. However, […]