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Academy

The Academy: A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. in every A narrower topic within a discipline. and every Kurdish variety, from first letters to research, for learners in the homeland, the region and the diaspora.

Browse the cataloguePathways

Courses
104
Schools
17
Outlines drafted
14
Pathways
4

01The catalogue at a glance

Where each planned course stands. Counts of the catalogue, updated with every build.

  • Courses by status

    104

    • Planned90
    • A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. drafted14

  • Courses by wave

    • Wave 114
    • Wave 254
    • Wave 336
Courses by faculty and statusEach course counts once, in the faculty of its discipline.
  • Planned
  • Outline drafted
  1. Faculty of Kurdish Studies62
  2. Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs15
  3. Faculty of Economic and Social Development13
  4. Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences5
  5. Faculty of Natural Sciences4
  6. Faculty of Education2
  7. Faculty of Humanities2
  8. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences1

Sources KCO content, counted at each build.

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PlannedOutline draftedCourses
Faculty of Kurdish Studies53962
Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs13215
Faculty of Economic and Social Development12113
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences505
Faculty of Natural Sciences314
Faculty of Education112
Faculty of Humanities202
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences101
Disciplines per facultyOpen disciplines have courses. Forming ones have an outline.
  • Open
  • A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides.
  1. Faculty of Economic and Social Development22
  2. Faculty of Kurdish Studies21
  3. Faculty of Natural Sciences19
  4. Faculty of Engineering and Technology17
  5. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences16
  6. Faculty of Humanities14
  7. Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs14
  8. Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences14
  9. Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences10
  10. Faculty of Arts8
  11. Faculty of Education7

Sources KCO content, counted at each build.

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OpenProposedDisciplines
Faculty of Economic and Social Development81422
Faculty of Kurdish Studies20121
Faculty of Natural Sciences11819
Faculty of Engineering and Technology01717
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences11516
Faculty of Humanities21214
Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs6814
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences5914
Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences01010
Faculty of Arts088
Faculty of Education167

At a glance

Programmes by status
  • Proposed
  1. Academy8

Sources KCO content, counted at each build.

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ProposedProgrammes
Academy88

Next in the calendar

  1. NewrozMarch 21
  2. Kurdish Journalism DayApril 22
  3. Kurdish Language DayMay 15
  4. Kurdistan Flag DayDecember 17
  5. Republic of MahabadJanuary 22
  6. End of the Kobanî siegeJanuary 26
  7. Halabja remembranceMarch 16
  8. Anfal remembranceApril 14
  9. Yazidi genocide remembranceAugust 3
  10. Dersim remembrance1937 to 1938 (communities mark different dates)
  11. Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday)first Wednesday of April in the Julian-based Yazidi calendar
  12. Cejna ÊzîdDecember (variable)
  13. Eid al-Fitr (Cejna Remezanê)1 Shawwal
  14. Eid al-Adha (Cejna Qurbanê)10 Dhu al-Hijjah

02First wave

The first courses being prepared. Each outline is a A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. for scholarly review.

  • Kurmanji · Foundations

    Kurmanji A1 (Latin)

    First steps in spoken and written Kurmanji, using the Latin alphabet.

    Wave 1 · 40 h Outline drafted

  • Sorani · Foundations

    Sorani A1

    First steps in spoken and written Sorani, using the Arabic-based Kurdish script.

    Wave 1 · 40 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish scripts · Foundations

    Kurdish scripts bridge (Latin, Arabic-based, Cyrillic)

    Reading Kurdish in all three scripts it is written in, so readers can cross between communities.

    Wave 1 · 12 h Outline drafted

  • Heritage language education · Practitioner

    Kurdish teacher training

    Teaching Kurdish to children and adults in community and weekend schools.

    Wave 1 · 30 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish history · Foundations

    Kurds in world history (survey)

    Kurdish history from antiquity to today, across the four states and the diaspora.

    Wave 1 · 30 h Outline drafted

  • Memory and genocide studies · Foundations, Scholar

    Anfal and Halabja

    The Anfal campaign and the chemical attack on Halabja: what happened, how it is documented and remembered.

    Wave 1 · 12 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish diaspora studies · Foundations

    Waves of Kurdish migration

    Why Kurds left home in each era, where they went, and how their communities formed.

    Wave 1 · 16 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish oral tradition · Foundations

    Dengbêj and oral tradition

    The dengbêj singers and the Kurdish oral tradition of epic, lament and song.

    Wave 1 · 12 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish food and everyday culture · Foundations

    Kurdish cuisine by region

    Kurdish food from the mountains to the cities, and what it carries of history and family.

    Wave 1 · 10 h Outline drafted

  • Kurdish food and everyday culture · Foundations

    Newroz and the Kurdish calendar

    Newroz, its customs and meanings, and the calendars Kurds use.

    Wave 1 · 6 h Outline drafted

  • Civic education · Foundations

    Civic participation in Germany

    How German democracy works at federal, Land and local level, and how Kurds living in Germany can take part lawfully and safely.

    Wave 1 · 10 h Outline drafted

  • Civic education · Foundations

    Civic participation in Sweden

    How Swedish democracy works at national, regional and municipal level, and how Kurds in Sweden can take part lawfully and safely.

    Wave 1 · 10 h Outline drafted

  • Information security · Foundations

    Digital safety for families

    Practical steps for Kurdish families who may be watched, phished or pressured, here or in the homeland.

    Wave 1 · 8 h Outline drafted

  • Labour economics · Foundations

    Career transition for skilled migrants

    Putting a profession learned in Kurdistan or elsewhere to work in a new country.

    Wave 1 · 18 h Outline drafted

All 104 courses

03Pathways

Sequences of courses for a purpose, each ending in a capstone.

  • 5 courses

    Heritage Learner (teen)

    Teens of the second and third generation

    Capstone: A family oral history, recorded with consent

  • 3 courses

    Kurdish Teacher

    Volunteer and professional teachers

    Capstone: Teach a supervised unit with the shared curriculum

  • 5 courses

    Community Organiser

    A charter unit for a region or a diaspora country: a Regional Chapter or a Diaspora Chapter, adapting the shared method to local law and local risk. and association volunteers

    Capstone: Run a chapter event under the safety rules

  • 4 courses

    Newcomer Professional

    Skilled newcomers

    Capstone: A licensing and career plan reviewed by a mentor

04Faculties

The Academy is organised in A broad area of knowledge that arranges the Academy’s courses by subject; it is not an institution or a body of teaching staff., A group of related disciplines within a faculty; it is an arrangement of subjects, not an institution., One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice. and fields.

  1. Faculty of Kurdish Studies5 departments21 disciplines62 courses

    The Kurdish languages, history, memory, literatures, faiths, arts, land and diaspora.

  2. Faculty of Humanities5 departments14 disciplines2 courses

    History, languages, literature, philosophy and religion.

  3. Faculty of Arts3 departments8 disciplines0 courses

    Music, dengbêj and dance, visual arts, crafts, architecture and film, as practice and as study.

  4. Faculty of Economic and Social Development5 departments22 disciplines13 courses

    Livelihoods, enterprise, finance, social policy, planning, migration and the risks of a disaster-prone region.

  5. Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs3 departments14 disciplines15 courses

    Law, rights, government, peace and civic life, studied without taking sides.

  6. Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences4 departments14 disciplines5 courses

    Minds, societies, populations, media and the study of migration and diaspora.

  7. Faculty of Education3 departments7 disciplines2 courses

    Teaching and learning at every age, from mother-tongue classes to adult education.

  8. Faculty of Natural Sciences6 departments19 disciplines4 courses

    Mathematics, computing and the sciences of matter, earth and life, including the geology and ecology of the region.

  9. Faculty of Engineering and Technology5 departments17 disciplines0 courses

    Building, energy, materials, biotechnology and technology in the service of people.

  10. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences4 departments16 disciplines1 course

    Medicine, nursing, public health and care, in the region and wherever Kurds live.

  11. Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences3 departments10 disciplines0 courses

    Farming, herding, forests, food and water, and the rural livelihoods they support.

All disciplines

05What completion means

A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

It shows
You finished the course and its assessment.
Scope
This course only. It is not an accredited qualification, a degree or a language certificate.
Validity
A permanent record of completion. It does not expire and is not renewed.
Withdrawal
Withdrawn if obtained by misrepresentation.
Not an endorsement
Completion does not mean KCO endorses you, your work or your views.
Charter roles
Roles under the charter have their own criteria, renewal and revocation rules.

06Plan a pathway

Learn · the Academy’s model

From study hours to a completion record: how a pathway is completed

A A sequence of courses for a purpose, ending in a capstone; it leads to a completion record, not a qualification.‘s courses carry estimated hours; your weekly pace sets the weeks; every course A record that you completed a course or took part; it does not attest to competence for any role. and an accepted capstone lead to the pathway completion record.

  • Data
  • Model
  • Gate
  • Outcome
StudyRecognitionCourse hours100 hWeekly pace4 h a weekWeeks to finish25 weeksCourse achievements5CapstoneReviewer acceptsPathway completion recordEarnedLearner levelPractitioner
Estimated study hours
100 h
Weeks to finish
25 weeks
Learning credits (proposal, D12)
100
Learner level reached
Practitioner

Curriculum (estimated hours) and the recognition framework (proposal, decision D12).

07How a course opens

Process

From course plan to open course

How a course moves from the curriculum plan to learners, and how its completion is recorded.

9 steps

Course leadResponsible Community of practiceOwnerTutor and GamiPressLearnerchanges01 · StartCourse planned02 · StepOutline drafted03 · RecordDraft course in Tutor04 · StepLessons written05 · GateScholarly review06 · GatePublished07 · StepLearner studies08 · RecordCourse achievement and credits09 · OutcomePathway completion record

Run log

  1. 01 · Course lead

    Course planned

    The course is listed in the curriculum with its school, levels and wave.

    Record
    Status: Planned

  2. 02 · Course lead

    Outline drafted

    Outcomes, modules and assessment are written; hours are estimates.

    Record
    Status: Outline drafted

  3. 03 · Tutor and GamiPress

    Draft course in Tutor

    The Site Kit imports the course, its topics and lessons as drafts.

    Rule
    Drafts only. An edited or published course is left alone. Nothing is deleted.

  4. 04 · Course lead

    Lessons written

    The course lead writes each lesson into the lesson template.

    Record
    Status: Being written

  5. 05 · Responsible A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area.

    Scholarly review

    The responsible Community of practice reviews the course before teaching starts.

    Record
    Status: In review

  6. 06 · Owner

    Published

    The owner approves the rendered pages and publishes the course.

    Rule
    Only the owner publishes.

  7. 07 · Learner

    Learner studies

    The learner enrols, completes lessons and takes the assessment.

    Rule
    Progress is shown to the learner only.

  8. 08 · Tutor and GamiPress

    Course achievement and credits

    Completing the course in Tutor earns its achievement and one learning credit per estimated hour.

    Rule
    Credits have no money value. A proposal until decision D12.

  9. 09 · Tutor and GamiPress

    Pathway completion record

    Every course achievement of a pathway and the accepted capstone lead to its completion record.

    Rule
    Not a certificate or a qualification.

Statuses from the curriculum; credits and achievements from the recognition framework (decision D12).

08What this platform does

The Academy in every Kurdish variety, and the public bodies for school and study in each country.

  • Catalogue

    Each planned course and where it stands.

    How to use it

    1. Filter by faculty, level or status.
    2. Open a course and read its outline.
    3. Register interest to hear when it opens.

  • Disciplines

    Every field of the Academy, from Kurmanji and Sorani to public health.

    How to use it

    1. Browse the faculties.
    2. Open a discipline and its courses.
    3. See the platforms it serves.

  • Pathways

    Courses in order for one purpose, ending in a capstone.

    How to use it

    1. Pick a pathway.
    2. Take its courses in order.
    3. Finish with the capstone.

  • Study where you live

    Education authorities, study portals and scholarships, country by country.

    How to use it

    1. Choose a country in the directory.
    2. Open the education authority first.
    3. Read scholarship rules on the official page.

09Find your country

Public bodies for education in each country: education authorities, study portals, scholarships and national libraries.

The directory

Every country

10Where to start

The steps most people need, in order. Each country page fills them with that country’s official bodies.

  1. Enrol a child in school

    The education authority explains how schools work.

    Education authority · Schools and education

    Learn Education science and pedagogy

  2. Keep Kurdish at home

    Mother-tongue classes help children read and write Kurdish.

    Mother-tongue and heritage languages

    Learn Heritage language education, Kurmanji, Sorani

  3. Learn the country’s language

    Official language courses are listed for each country.

    Language learning

    Learn Applied linguistics and language learning

  4. Apply to study

    Study portals explain how international and returning students apply.

    Study in the country

  5. Find funding

    Scholarships and student finance follow published rules.

    Scholarships and student finance

  6. Have earlier study recognised

    Recognition bodies assess studies and qualifications earned abroad.

    Recognition of qualifications

11Official updates

From official sources only, never commentary. Each source shows items once it clears licence review.

Education and scholarships

Being set up: nobody is listed as a member and nothing runs yet. No official source is registered for this place yet.

12Take part

  • 01

    Register interest

    Hear when a course opens in your variety.

  • 02

    Write or review

    Offer your field as a course author or expert reviewer.

  • 03

    Share material

    Share an openly licensed learning resource. A A contributor who keeps a field’s map of courses, sources and contributors current; it is a role, not a title. checks it first.

  • 04

    Fix an entry

    Report a broken link or a missing public body.

How to take part · Sources and method

Cite this page
APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Academy. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Academy.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
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	title = {Academy},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/},
}

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13Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Attitudes of Kurdish university students towards the English language, English language education policies, and English language learning purposes

    Sarkawt Muhammad Qadir, Rukhsar Omar Omar · 2023 · figshare

    ArticleDataCiteDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  2. Struggling against Language Shift: Kurdish Language Education in Turkey

    Anu Leinonen · 2025 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  3. Discourses on language teaching, language learning and linguistic diversity in teacher education: the case of English in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Louay Salman Haji, Annika Norlund Shaswar, Åsa Wedin · 2023 · Journal of Multicultural Discourses

    ArticleOpenAlex

  4. Identity and Language of Education in the Kurdistan Region

    Azad Aziz Sleman · 2022 · Journal of University of Raparin

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  5. Contextual Approach to Kurdish Language Teaching in the Caucasus

    Resul Geyik · 2025 · International Journal of Kurdish Studies

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  6. Developing a Fine-Grained Corpus for a Less-resourced Language: the case of Kurdish

    Roshna Omer Abdulrahman, Hossein Hassani, Sina Ahmadi · 2019 · arXiv

    PreprintarXivOpen access

  7. The Attempts of Kurdish Parliamentarians in Iraqi Government to Achieve Education and Literacy in Native Language During(1925-1933)

    Mariwan mahmood Muhammed, Ahmad Muhammed-Ameen Qqdir · 2022 · Journal of University of Raparin

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  8. The Multifunctional Morphemes in Kurdish Language the Morpheme Le as an example

    University of Raparin, Iraq, College of Education, Department of Kurdish Language, Shahab Tayib Taher, Faisal Ghazi Muhammed et al. · 2022 · Journal of the College of languages

    ArticleCrossref

  9. AN EVALUATION OF ONLINE KURDISH TEACHING PLATFORMS

    Şehmus Kurt · 2025 · Şarkiyat

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  10. The non-education of Kurds: A Kurdish perspective

    Amir Hassanpour, Tove Skutnabb‐Kangas, Michael L. Chyet · 1996 · International Review of Education

    ArticleOpenAlex

  11. Redefining Kurdishness in the U.S. Diaspora: The experiences of Kurdish Students and Their Parents in Nashville Schools

    Demet Arpacık · 2019 · Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-NC

  12. The implementation of international law on the right to education of ethnic minorities in Turkish legislation : Kurdish language

    Nargiz Mukhtarova · 2020 · Central European University

    ThesisDataCite

Sources, licences and fetch dates: arXiv (Metadata CC0 1.0; papers under their own licences), 2026-10-23; Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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