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The Philippines is the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 (19-25 October). In recent years, the country has increasingly been in the media spotlight due to its President Rodrigo Duterte (2016-2022), who openly called for the murder of drug dealers and addicts. One of the much-discussed new Philippine books is therefore "Some People Need Killing - A Memoir of Murder in My Country" by star reporter Patricia Evangelista. Learn about the state of education in the Philippines in our web dossier. It offers overviews of the education system; information and links to ministries, authorities, and education policy; statistics, studies, and education reports; information and links to associations, networks, and professional societies, as well as a list of freely accessible academic journals in the field of education in the Philippines.

The "Education at a Glance" report has been published annually by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) since 1996. It provides a compilation of comparative international education indicators.

This year's edition focuses on tertiary education. It examines graduation rates and differences in labor market outcomes by field of study, graduation rates, and the skills of adults with tertiary education. A further chapter presents results from the 2023 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) and links them to other relevant indicators. 

For months, there have been protests against the government in Serbia. These protests were initially started by students and teachers.  They criticise corruption and authoritarian structures in the government.  At the same time, the ECER (European Conference on Educational Research) is taking place in Serbia's capital Belgrade from 8 to 12 September. Education Worldwide has compiled a web dossier on educational research in Serbia for this occasion, in which you will find information on professional societies and associations, research institutes, research history, topics and trends,  professional journals and more. 

The new dossier from Education Worldwide provides answers to the following questions:

• Where is homeschooling permitted? (in Europe and worldwide)
• What regulations apply to homeschooling abroad?
• Are there countries without compulsory schooling? Which ones are they?

It also provides information on regulations, statistics & reports, on research institutes and interest groups focusing on homeschooling and compulsory education, as well as freely accessible academic literature on the topic.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2025. It operates as a joint institution of German universities and student bodies, aiming to promote international relations, exchange, and mobility. Since its founding in 1925, the DAAD has supported approximately three million students and researchers from Germany, Europe, and other parts of the world.

In addition to awarding scholarships, the DAAD is also engaged in the following areas: promoting the internationalisation of German universities and research, providing strategic advice to universities regarding internationalisation and international higher education marketing, strengthening German studies, the German language, and studies on Germany abroad, as well as supporting countries in the Global South in establishing higher education institutions.

As an organisation that fosters academic exchange, the DAAD emphasises the importance of cross-border academic cooperation in its anniversary year, particularly during times of geopolitical crises and upheavals.

When even the oldest democracy in the world is threatened by authoritarian tendencies, it is time to reflect on democracy and civic education.

The new dossier published by Education Worldwide therefore offers, on the one hand, characteristics and definitions of democracy from an international perspective in graphics, statistics, reports or international guidelines. On the other hand, networks and projects are presented that deal with democratic or political education worldwide. Teaching materials, guidelines and other instruments for civic education are also presented, especially for teachers and learners. The whole thing is rounded off by freely accessible research literature as well as international conferences and other events on the subject of democracy and democratic education.

The dossier is part of the German Education Server's action week "Citizenship and Democracy - let's do it together" from March 17th to 21st, 2025.

USA, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands .... – in many countries around the world, right-wing, authoritarian governments are coming to power or or parties with this mindset are increasingly gaining votes in elections.

What can we expect from the education policies of such governments and parties? What plans do they have for education in their countries? How does education change under right-wing and authoritarian governments?

Education Worldwide has compiled academic and non-academic texts and articles that provide a picture of the influence that right-wing and authoritarian tendencies could have, or in some cases already have, on education.

The European Network for Educational Information, Eurydice, is turning 45 this year! To mark the occasion, the current Eurydice newsletter is dedicated to the history of the network, as well as to projects that were completed to date, events that were organised, reports that were published and more.

Eurydice was founded in 1980 by the European Commission and is still funded by it today. The network consists of a coordinating European unit and a number of national units that contribute educational information and education news from their respective countries. Eurydice offers, among other things, extensive information on the national education systems of the countries of the European Union (EU) plus the countries that participate in the EU's Erasmus+ programme - by now this means educational information on 40 countries.

"How to empower learners for a democratic future? How to equip all learners with the necessary skills, values, attitudes and knowledge to navigate effectively in the digital environment?" Answers to these questions are to be found in projects and events surrounding the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025.  The theme was decided upon during the 26th session of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education.

On 23 and 24 January 2025, the Council of Europe is organising the launch conference for the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025. The conference will be streamed live. It aims to "raise awareness of the value of digital citizenship education and highlight its key role in helping build inclusive and democratic societies."

Education Worldwide has relaunched its dossier on national education reports worldwide. The dossier offers an insight into education reports and education indicators from all 6 continents of the world. The focus is on education reports that were prepared in the respective country by the local authorities and institutes.

A new UNESCO report shows that the shortage of teachers is a problem not only in Germany, but worldwide. New data suggests that 44 million additional teachers will be needed to achieve universal primary and secondary education for all children by 2030. This is one of the demands of Goal 4 "Quality Education" of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. From an international perspective, the UNESCO report provides answers to questions such as: "Where is the teacher shortage greatest?", "Why is there so much teacher shortage worldwide?" or "How can the teacher shortage be solved?"

Not only in Germany, but worldwide, the publication of the chatbot "ChatGPT" has sparked a debate about artificial intelligence.

You can find out on how this debate is being conducted internationally in the education sector in our dossier.  We offer you freely accessible overview literature & systematic reviews, as well as reports, guidelines, frameworks, organisations & networks and projects. You will also find information on AI and education in various countries & regions as well as articles on AI tools in education.