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The Global Critical Thinking Project is a global initiative by the Human Science Lab to develop critical thinking in people across the globe.

Beside research programs on critical thinking, the project involves effecting major educational reform, developing critical thinking hubs in every continent and outreach programs.

Mission
The principal mission of Global Critical Thinking Project is to develop critical thinking in people across the globe. It believes that critical thinking is the key to flourishing of human civilization and a major determinant in shaping our societies. Most innovations are outcome of critical thinking.

Research and development
The research programs under the project are focused on developing strategies and skills to improve critical thinking. It is also engaged in scientific study of major educational curriculum and teaching practices to understand the shortcomings.

Strategies
A major strategy of the project is to engage countries across the globe to adopt critical thinking as the key objective of their educational planning and reform their current system in sync with that objective.

Critical Thinking Hubs
The potential critical thinking hub are picked up by a panel based on five key parameters – quality of education, innovation, human development, demography and scope for critical thinking. The potential 'Critical Thinking Hubs' named so far are,


 * Asia - Israel, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia


 * Africa - South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia