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With the theme ‘Addressing global teacher shortages: Dignifying, diversifying and valorizing the profession’, this year’s Forum will investigate common challenges leading to teacher shortages, how to...

This report on innovation in teacher policy and practice summarizes the key issues raised during the plenary and breakout sessions of the 13th Policy Dialogue Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, 2–3 December...

Teachers can shape their students’ educational careers. Research shows that children taught by different teachers often experience very different educational outcomes. This begs the questions: how are...

The 13th Policy Dialogue Forum will take place from 2-3 December 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda and on-line. Jointly organized by the TTF Secretariat, and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Rwanda...

The over-arching theme of the 2021 Policy Dialogue Forum is Innovation in teacher policy and practice for educational recovery with particular attention to: i) innovation in teaching and learning (ii)...

The aim of this working paper is to outline the current situation with regard to teacher allocation and utilization in the education systems of African countries. It examines current teacher...

This report summarizes the core thinking on the future of teaching discussed at the 12th Policy Dialogue Forum in Dubai in December 2019, drawing on examples of emerging approaches and good practice...

This Brochure provides an overview of the challenges faced in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights barriers to distance learning, including limited access to technology and internet...

This report summarizes the analysis of major issues affecting the status of teaching personnel worldwide at all levels of education by the 12th Session of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on...

This meeting document provides an overview of the discussions and outcomes of the 8th International Policy Dialogue Forum, held in Mexico City in 2016, focusing on teacher-related targets within the...

The recommendations present in this declaration stem from the 11th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 which took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from 5...

Teacher quality is a key factor affecting student outcomes, and therefore, has always been central to the world education community’s initiatives geared towards initial teacher education and...