Egelion

[Louis]

With the Kerisian Empire continuing to engage in integration efforts, Empress Isabella, hoping to make the monarchy more visible, travelled to several cities within the empire to promote progressive education and the modern curriculum provided by the Real Academia. The Empress previously made a trip throughout the empire after her marriage to Emperor Leon Alexander, which was extremely successful for Kerisian relations. This new trip, joined by Royal Councilor Ibarra, is meant to highlight the future of the Egelian monarchy and the policies it hopes to promote throughout the empire.

With education being the most important part of Egelian life, the royals are eager to spread the wealth of information, resources, and curriculum to the rest of the empire. Empress Isabella first traveled to the Zyldavian countryside, touring several rural schools and colleges. The rural areas of a country are usually forgotten due to the influx of resources to urban areas, however, in New Endralon rural schools are on par if not potentially better than their counterparts in urban areas. Reconstruction efforts after the war and the recent investments from the EIF have led to significant improvements in New Endralon and Kizenia. Empress Isabella's tours in rural Kizenia showed the vast investments by Egelion and the positive effects of education. Students have learned a very progressive and culturally-responsive curriculum provided by the Real Academia. This curriculum also focuses on anti-extremist and anti-fascist policies that was similarly seen during Meriath's rebuilding process. While in Portesti, the Empress gave a lesson to an early secondary class about the importance of education and provided a personality test to help students discover their strengths and interests. 

Empress Isabella traveled to Nadiya after New Endralon to meet with Tsarina Maria Carolina and discuss the current situation with Nadiya's curriculum and learning standards. Empress Isabella discussed "Universal Learning" with the Tsarina and how the empire should attempt to follow the same curriculum and skill focus for greater integration. Currently, Egelion's education system, designated and controlled by the Real Academia, is one of the most structured and strict in all of Terra, but yields several positive results for Egelian society. A society based on research, discovery, inquiry, and intellectualism should be "the focus of the empire", stated Royal Councilor Ibarra. The Royal Councilor's words were endorsed by the Empress herself who is reportedly advocating stronger education law recommendations in Altea. The Empress and the Tsarina stated that while Nadiya was on the more hyper-progressive spectrum of policy, a more moderate and "balanced approach" with some aspects of education could be a viable way for the empire to move forward together. Yet, it seems that the empire agrees on curriculum that is progressive, research-driven, institutionalized, and rigorous.