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A new Dianeosis study highlights the uneven role of arts in Greek education. Covering kindergarten through high school, the research found extensive references to literature, visual arts and music in curricula but revealed gaps in meaningful integration and teacher support.

Around 20 million students and 1.2 million teachers across Türkiye returned to their classrooms after a three-month summer break, eager to start the new academic year with fresh aspirations and renewed energy.

This year, education will take place in roughly 750,000 classrooms across 74,000 schools nationwide.

The Holy Metropolis of Sofia has announced that new textbooks for the subject "Religion-Orthodoxy," prepared by the Holy Synod and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), are now available for teachers in general education and Sunday schools within the Sofia Eparchy.

The fact that the digitization of the inconceivably exhausting bureaucracy for the Greek citizen has simplified procedures and accelerated daily operations in the private and public sector, offering time and cost savings, is undeniable. However, common practices are not the best recipe in all areas.

Deputies unanimously with 190 "in favor" adopted in the second reading a draft law on amendments and additions to the law on preschool and school education. The bill introduces free textbooks for students from grades 1 to 12.

As the new school year starts in Poland, the ruling party is overhauling the social studies curriculum supposedly to improve students' historical consciousness. But with a single new textbook, critics warn this is no less than an attempt to indoctrinate youth.

The closure of schools due to the pandemic has become one of the most discussed issues that has divided parents. Is distance learning effective enough? Are there suitable online materials for it?

A boost to education, or a rushed move that could damage children's skills? Why North Macedonia's plan to replace old-style paper textbooks has caused uproar.

An average of 7.6 books are produced per person in Turkey, recent Culture and Tourism Ministry numbers showed.

A total of 633 million physical books were produced in Turkey in 2020, making the number of physical books produced per person 7.6, according to data from the General Directorate of Copyright of the Ministry.

The non-governmental Coalition Margini together with the Network for Protection against Discrimination has filed a lawsuit, demanding the removal of a university textbook that blames women for the rising number of divorces, condemns abortion and classifies same-sex partnerships as debauchery.