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Teachers and teaching in Sierra Leone: Teacher quality management study
This study analyzes the scope and content of the teaching profession in Sierra Leone, describing its main challenges and providing recommendations to better align teacher training with education needs...
Report
Assessment of the psychosocial impact of Covid-19 on teachers, teacher educators and learners and psychosocial support needs in selected Sub-Saharan African countries
This study, conducted by UNESCO IICBA in 2021 across 14 African countries, revealed significant psychological impacts of COVID-19. The most prevalent psychological impact was depression, affecting 31%...
Manual / Handbook / Guidelines
Strengthening mental health and psychosocial support for pre- and in-service teachers in Africa
This guide is developed to provide guidance, systemic responses, and integration of mental health and psychosocial well-being in teacher education programmes and institutions. It comprises seven...
Article
Teacher quality and cross-country differences in learning in francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper studies the effects of two dimensions of teacher quality, subject knowledge and didactic skills, on student learning in francophone Sub-Saharan Africa. It uses data from an international...
Report
Teachers and teaching in Sierra Leone. Teacher quality and management study
This study analyzes the scope and content of the teaching profession in Sierra Leone, describing its main challenges and providing recommendations to better align teacher training with education needs...
Report
Teach in action: Three case studies of Teach implementation
This document summarizes three cases of Teach Primary implementations in Guyana; Mozambique; and Punjab, Pakistan, highlighting how the tool has been deployed in the field and describing its impact on...
Report
A study on assessments of teaching quality in GPE partner countries: final report
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...
Report
Transforming education from within - Current trends in the status and development of teachers
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...
Policy brief
Teacher training and support in Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic
This report synthesizes available evidence on the policies and practices of 40 sub-Saharan African (SSA) partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) with respect to teacher...
Time to Teach - Teacher attendance and time on-task in West and Central Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of teaching hours due to teacher absenteeism corresponds to a waste of approximately 46 cents for every US dollar invested in education, an annual wastage of 1–3% of...
Report
School leadership in low- and middle-income countries
Results of Baseline Survey on High-Leverage Leadership Actions Despite the enormity of the role of school leaders in education systems, school leadership remains underutilized and under-researched. We...
Meeting document
African Teacher Qualification Framework For Teacher Quality, Comparability and International Mobility
The ATQF is one of the series of frameworks borne out of the first Strategic Objective of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25). The first Strategic Objective is to “Revitalize...