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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...

There is a learning crisis. Fifty-three per cent of children in low- and middle-income countries are in ‘learning poverty’, i.e. they cannot read and understand a simple text by the end of primary...

In 2020 World Teachers’ Day was celebrated with the theme, “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”, in the context of the unprecedented disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic was causing...

Dans la lignée des réunions régionales lancées en mai et juin 2020 sur l’enseignement à distance et le retour à l’école, l’Équipe spéciale sur les enseignants (TTF) organise une nouvelle série de...

Following from the Regional Meetings initiated in May/June of 2020 on distance teaching and learning and the return to school, the Teacher Task Force, with member organisations and partners is...

Organized by UNESCO, the international community celebrates World Teachers’ Day (WTD) every year on 5 October since 1994 to commemorate the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the...

This publication, which has resulted from a collaboration between the Education International Research Institute and the University of Amsterdam’s IS Academie, reveals a global trend of educational...