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Unleashing excellence – a competency-based approach to learning

The National Education Policy (NEP) spotlights competency-based learning and assessment as central to transforming education. In today’s reader submission, maths educator Richa Thakur shares how this approach is being integrated into the curriculum at Khaitan Public School in Ghaziabad and discusses some of the challenges and solutions of implementation.

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Leading voices: Dr Jyoti Arora

Our ‘Leading voices’ article series features school principals from across India. Dr Jyoti Arora is the Principal of Mount Abu Public School in Sec-5 Rohini in Delhi. Anannya Chakraborty asks her 5 questions.

Infographic: Climate change education

Climate change education provides students with the knowledge required to understand and practice climate action. Several UNESCO studies offer international insights into what students know, how confident teachers are on the topic, teacher training plans and current curriculum content. Find out more in this infographic.

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Singapore’s home-based learning initiative

How do you continue to innovate and adapt your teaching to best equip students for a fast-changing, digitally driven world? In Singapore, the Ministry of Education has implemented regular home-based learning days, where students are tasked with taking charge of their own learning.

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ChatGPT: Education assessment, equity and policy

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ChatGPT: Assessment, equity and policy

There is much talk about the impact that artificial intelligence-powered chatbots like ChatGPT will have on students, teachers and traditional classroom learning. But what is ChatGPT exactly? And how will it affect the way we approach assessment, issues of equity, and policy decisions in the future? In today’s article, we speak to 3 experts to find out more.

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ChatGPT lesson activity

While ChatGPT can save students time from searching through textbooks or online databases, the AI-generated content is not always accurate. Australian educator Steve Brophy assigned students the task of testing the fallibility of ChatGPT with the lesson activity: Would you lie to me?

Infographic: ICT standards for teachers

UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report for 2023 focuses on technology in education. According to the report’s Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews for 211 education systems, 51% have set ICT standards for teachers ‘in a competency framework, teacher training framework, development plan or strategy’. Here is an international snapshot for 2022.

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UNESCO calls for smartphone ban in schools

A major international report released today calls for smartphones to be banned in schools, pointing to concerns about data privacy, cyberbullying, wellbeing and among children themselves. Here are the key messages from the UNESCO 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on technology in education.

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