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These Guidelines set out principles for the promotion of decent work for early childhood education (ECE) personnel as a means of ensuring universal access to high-quality ECE services. In this respect...

The work of the Teacher Task Force in 2020 is based on three main lines of action plus governance, as identified in the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan. Progress and challenges have been reported against...

This report summarizes the findings of two sets of studies on digitalization in teaching and education in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania. The first set of studies...

This report covers the salaries of teachers and school heads in pre-primary, primary and general secondary public schools in 2018/19 in 42 European education systems. The comparative overview examines...

This study focuses on the so-called shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring. The phenomenon is called shadow education because to a large extent its content mimics that in schooling...

SDG 4.c calls for increasing the supply of qualified teachers while many countries face teacher shortages. Using TALIS 2018 data, this article argues that the problem is two-fold: increasing the...

This note reviews how teacher-related issues are addressed in Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) on education, and at each of the key steps since the preparation for the post 2015 education agenda...

The presentation includes the main activities on the 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Work Plan regarding the three Teacher Task Force flagships: advocacy, knwoledge creation and sharing, and country...

These Terms of Reference have been adapted in 2024 to reflect the Teacher Task Force’s current directions, building on the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Target 4.c, dedicated to teachers...

Teaching in many developing and developed countries of the word is a stimulating, satisfying and rewarding career that provides the opportunity to influence and shape many lives. However, in many...

This publication, a critical literature review and analytical framework, is part of the initial phase of the development of UNESCO-IICBA’s Teacher Support and Motivation Framework (TSMF) for Africa...