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This study prepared for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) examines whether countries are working to gather relevant data to inform their policy and work to improve teaching quality. It can...

This case study was carried out as part of the IIEP UNESCO and Education Development Trust research project on ‘Instructional leaders at the middle tier of education systems’. The research looks at...

Building on existing regional initiatives on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and teacher professional development, the ECCE teacher competency framework aims to enhance the...

Teacher absenteeism is one of the main challenges to achieving universal learning in many developing countries. In Liberia, recurring school absenteeism and post abandonment are considered critical...

Although there is little empirical evidence on the incidence of teacher absenteeism in Côte d’Ivoire, it is estimated that this phenomenon is responsible for the loss of approximately 25 per cent of...

Drawing primarily on two recent studies, this brief highlights the experiences and voices of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region and argues for greater investment in teachers’ professional development...

The ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR were developed under the project "Enhancement of Digital Resilience through Competency-Based Teacher Training Reforms to Facilitate ICT Pedagogy...

This desk review examines teacher professional standards in 14 countries in the Pacific region. Identifying how excellence in teaching is measured and what are the challenges and opportunities for...

This paper published on World Teachers’ Day 2022 aims to provide a contextual, data-driven overview of the key challenges facing teachers around the world in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and...

The Education Strategic Plan 2019–2023 is designed for implementing education, youth and sport reforms and establishing a robust base for education in 2030 and beyond. It responds to the vision of...

Drawing on the 2013 Teacher Policy and the 2015 Teacher Policy Action Plan, the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Framework and Action Plan for teachers and school directors was developed in...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia adopted a teacher policy in 2013 and a teacher policy action plan in 2015. This framework aims to assist teachers and school directors to gain...