Research and
Engagement
Our work examines how educational content is developed, structured, and implemented across Grades 1–12, identifying trends, strengths, and gaps in relation to UNESCO-derived standards and guidelines. Through curriculum analysis, policy research, and engagement with international frameworks, Monitor Impact informs constructive education policy dialogue across a range of education stakeholders. These include Ministries of Education, international organizations, universities and civil society partners.
Research
2025 Tunisian Curriculum: A Review of Progress
This study finds that Tunisia’s curriculum consistently encourages peaceful coexistence, intercultural dialogue, and cooperation with the wider world, while rejecting extremism and underscoring respect for diversity and women’s equality. However, discrepancies exist in relation to specific groups and historical events.
Please find the report here.
UAE: A Unique Path for Teaching Tolerance
This paper illustrates how the UAE curricula mobilize both Arab cultural and local national heritage, as well as Islamic religious tradition, to reinforce messages of peace and tolerance. In particular, the paper highlights the importance of introducing Moral Education as a distinct subject and the pedagogic approach of Islamic Education textbooks.
Please find the paper here.
Review of Pakistani Textbooks
This report reveals that while some lessons in Pakistan’s government-approved textbooks do encourage tolerance and mutual respect, many textbooks still fall significantly short of UNESCO-based standards for promoting peace, respect, and anti-incitement. They frequently sideline non-Muslims and foster hostility towards India.
Please find the report here.
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Review of Nigerian Textbooks
This report finds that Nigeria’s pluralism is showcased in textbooks through references to ethnic diversity, languages, and traditions. They frame peace and democracy as civic virtues, emphasize tolerance, and acknowledge historical interfaith harmony. Textbooks criticize British colonialism for cultural imposition while also advocating international cooperation.
Please find the report here.
The Saudi Vision Progress
This paper examines how Saudi Arabia’s education reforms under Vision 2030 and the National Education & Training Strategy (NETS) 2035 promote moderation, global citizenship, and social responsibility through curriculum transformation. It highlights the introduction of critical thinking and inquiry-based learning, the reduction of exclusionary and inflammatory narratives, and the growing emphasis on interfaith tolerance, future skills, and educational modernization across Saudi school textbooks.
Please find the report here.
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Engagement
UAE: Ministry of Tolerance
We were received as guests of honor by the Minister of Tolerance in his majlis. H.H.Sheikh Nahyan is one of the UAE’s most senior and respected voices for coexistence. He warmly endorsed the importance of our work and expressed his desire for further dialogue based on shared values and priorities.
UAE: Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities (MBZUH)
We received a warm welcome from H.E. Dr Khalifa Mubarak Al Dhaheri, the University Chancellor, joined by the senior leadership team.
In a wide-ranging discussion, the Chancellor spoke powerfully about the long history of inter-religious cooperation and the urgent need for that spirit to stand firm against extremism. He emphasized the deep alignment between MBZUH’s mission and our work and various avenues for potential cooperation were explored.
Dr Karima Al Mazroui, Advisor to the Chancellor of MBZUH, wrote the foreword to a paper published by Monitor Impact’s partner organization IMPACT-se, examining the UAE curriculum. The study highlights that peace and tolerance are taught as core cultural and religious values deeply rooted in Arab culture and local heritage.
Please find the report here.
Bahrain: King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence
Monitor Impact was welcomed in Manama by the Executive Director of the King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence, a government-affiliated institute promoting international peace and tolerance, established under royal patronage. We discussed the potential for future cooperation on research and content-based initiatives which promote peace education.
Morocco: Royal Palace
In Morocco, we were received at the Royal Palace by H.E. André Azoulay, Counsellor to His Majesty the King. He gave a strong endorsement of our work and we discussed avenues to jointly promote peace and coexistence in textbooks across the region, as a key route towards developing more tolerant societies.