Nigeria Launches 82 Locally Authored Textbooks to Stem Reliance on Imports

Nigeria unveils 82 locally authored academic textbooks via TETFund initiative to reduce foreign import reliance and strengthen indigenous educational publishing capacity.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/17/nigeria-tetfund-textbook-launch-2025/

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Pearson Posts Solid AI-Driven 2025 Results, Appoints New CFO – But Headwinds Loom As AI And Ed-Tech Gets Scapegoated for Education’s Failures

Pearson reports 4% sales growth to £3.6bn and 6% profit rise to £614m for 2025, appoints Sky's Simon Robson as CFO, and accelerates AI integration across education services.
The post Pearson Posts Solid AI-Driven 2025 Results, Appoints New CFO – But Headwinds Loom As AI And Ed-Tech Gets Scapegoated for Education’s Failures appeared first on The New Publishing Standard.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/27/pearson-2025-results-cfo-appointment/

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Saudi Arabia Integrates Video Games into National Curriculum – A New Paradigm for Educational Publishing

Saudi Arabia embeds video games in national curriculum through Savvy Games Group partnerships, creating new markets for educational publishers and gamified content developers.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/02/12/saudi-arabia-video-games-school-curriculum-publishing-opportunities/

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Philippine Educational Publishing at 75: Procurement Woes and Sector

PEPA’s 75th anniversary highlights textbook procurement delays and reforms. Educational publishing’s industry role and reading culture implications explored.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/12/22/philippine-educational-publishing-procurement-reform/

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eKitabu Launches Children’s Imprint: Redefining African Publishing from Kenya to the World

Kenya’s eKitabu launches Maua Books, a new children’s imprint. After award-winning Mvua Press & inclusive KSL audio/theatre innovations, they redefine African publishing.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/23/ekitabu-launches-maua-books-childrens-press/

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Hachette Learning Cuts Signal Painful Reckoning for UK Education Publishers

The industry is now paying the price for its dependency on a single, volatile customer.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/16/hachette-learning-cuts-signal-painful-reckoning-for-uk-education-publishers/

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Reading Between the Lines: The UK PA’s Agenda-Driven Response to the Curriculum Review

Analysis of the UK PA's response to the curriculum review, arguing it cherry-picks findings to lobby against Oak National Academy.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/11/08/reading-between-the-lines-the-uk-pas-agenda-driven-response-to-the-curriculum-review/

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Publishing in Nigeria – A Collaborative Path to Educational Growth

By collaborating with the government to supply affordable and high-quality textbooks, publishers can play a crucial role in ensuring that the free education policy achieves its intended outcomes.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/04/17/publishing-in-nigeria-a-collaborative-path-to-educational-growth/

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Perlego’s new Read Aloud feature, in beta, offers learners meaningful audio-access to textbooks

Apparently, more than one third of Perlego users prefer audio, so this could be hugely popular if it delivers as well as they suggest.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2025/04/02/perlegos-new-read-aloud-feature-in-beta-offers-learners-meaningful-audio-access-to-textbooks/

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