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This document is a call to actively step up the implementation of more effective teacher policies in Latin America, building on the efforts that many countries in the region have already set in motion...

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...

In recent decades, several educational systems in Latin America have undertaken reforms to professionalize teaching. In this current study, the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence, in...

This report reviews Shanghai’s education system, in particular the aspects related to teachers as a critical element in the system, and compare them with the situation in Central America to identify...

This report uses OECD data, primarily from the PISA 2015 and TALIS 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American teaching profession in support of policy makers across the region. It provides...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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 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...

The Teacher Policy Development Guide was developed by the International Task Force on Teachers for Education for All (EFA) in close coordination with UNESCO entities and external partners of the...