Do the guidelines for the approval of textbooks that can be used in schools include the prohibition of any kind of promotion or depiction of discriminatory views?
Are there any established mechanisms to ensure that textbooks used in both public and private schools are of good quality and aligned with the curriculum guidelines provided by the Ministry of Education?
Do curriculum guidelines provided by the Ministry of Education include promoting respect for other nations, racial, ethnic or religious groups and indigenous peoples?
Are there any established mechanisms that enable parents, children and/or community leaders to contribute to defining school curricula?
Is there a monitoring body controlling whether minimum educational standards are met in private schools?
According to international human rights law, non-government schools must conform to minimum education standards, as laid down or approved by the State. In order to ensure that this is the case, there must be a body to oversee whether these standards are met
Pupil/textbook ratio
Pupil / textbook ratio is the average number of pupils for every textbook in schools
Number of reported incidents of repression against teachers for their political, ideological or religious beliefs or teachers' union activity
Examples of incidents of repression include teachers / professors who have criticised governments and have subsequently been removed from office, imprisoned, reported missing, reported killed, etc.
Do teachers enjoy academic freedom?
Academic freedom is the liberty of members of the academic community, individually or collectively, to pursue, develop and transmit knowledge and ideas, through research, teaching, study, discussion, documentation, production, creation and / or writing
Teachers’ salary rate
The proportion between the average teacher’s salary and other jobs in the public sector that require a similar level of education