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Policy document
Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was established by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres following the Transforming Education Summit held in 2022. It was tasked with...
Report
Global report on teachers. Addressing teacher shortages. Highlights
This document presents the highlights of The Global Report on Teachers. Addressing teacher shortages, which is the first edition of a biennial report that will fill a gap within existing data and...
Meeting document
Global report on teachers. Addressing teacher shortages. References
This document compiles the full list of references cited in the highlights of the Global Report on Teachers. Addressing teacher shortages, available here and launched on 8th November 2023. The report...
Presentation
The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage
Presentation by Mr Carlos Vargas, Chief of the Section for Teacher Development, UNESCO, and Head of the Teacher Task Force Secretariat, at the online workshop Global pathways to an attractive teaching...
Report
2023 World Teachers' Day fact sheet
World Teachers’ Day 2023 focuses on the need to reverse global teacher shortages, including how to improve the profession’s appeal. This fact sheet aims to highlight new global and regional data on...
Article
Solving the teacher shortage: How to attract and retain excellent educators
This paper reviews an extensive body of research on teacher recruitment and retention, and identifies five major factors that influence teachers’ decisions to enter, stay in, or leave the teaching...
Article
How to recruit teachers for hard-to-staff schools: A systematic review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries
This research article presents systematic review of government-implemented policies to increase the quantity or quality of teachers in hard-to-staff schools in low- or middle-income countries. The...
Policy brief
Effective approaches to attract and retain teachers and ensure equitable deployment: A contribution from the Teacher Task Force to the discussions of the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
A global teacher shortage phenomenon is highly spreading threatening the aim of equitable and quality education for all students. This brief highlights the global impact of teacher shortages on...
Brochure / Flyer
Women in teaching: Understanding the gender dimension
Gender equality for teachers and representation that reflects the diversity of classrooms and communities are key to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. To commemorate...
Report
Time to teach. Guinea Bissau
Teacher absenteeism is one of the most troubling obstacles on the path to universal access to learning opportunities. There is mounting evidence that teacher absenteeism is a particular challenge in...
Report
Time to teach. Mozambique
Past studies have identified low teacher attendance as a significant barrier to achieving quality universal education in Mozambique. Time to Teach is a mixed-methods project, involving interviews...
Report
Time to teach. South Sudan
The Time to Teach research initiative addresses questions centred on identifying the different manifestations of teachers’ time-on-task and identifying the interactions between factors at different...